A Basic Income is a periodic cash payment unconditionally delivered to all on an individual basis, without means-test or work requirement.
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Recent News, Opinion, and Research
The Stream, “Income for All: Could adopting unconditional basic income end poverty?”
SUMMARY: Switzerland could soon adopt an Unconditional Basic Income or UBI which means every adult national would receive a monthly paycheck of approximately $2,800 from the government. The money is guaranteed regardless of employment status. Proponents say UBI would...
Hollie Slade Staff, “Give Directly's Breakthrough 'Free Money' Model Grows As Evidence Mounts.”
This article discusses how the charity, Give Directly, which has an extremely simple model find poor people and give them money, has grown in success. Although GiveDirectly has received increasing attention, this article, like most other articles on GiveDriectly does...
BERLIN, Germany: “Workshop Grundeinkommen auf der Aktionskonferenz Care Revolution [Basic Income Workshop on the Action Conference Care Revolution]”, March 15 2014
[Michael Millar] Event: “Workshop Grundeinkommen auf der Aktionskonferenz Care Revolution [Basic Income Workshop on the Action Conference Care Revolution]” Place: Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung in Franz-Mehring-Platz 1, Berlin Time: 1400 – 1600, March 15 2014 Language:...
David Reisman, The Social Economics of Thorstein Veblen
David Reisman, The Social Economics of Thorstein Veblen, Edward Elgar, 2012, vii + 338 pp, hbk, 0 85793 218 1, £90 The dust jacket suggests that Thorstein Veblen’s writings are ‘difficult to read and understand’. Perhaps they are, but most of the many passages quoted...
Dennis Trainor Jr., "Is Minimum Wage Another Distraction? Let’s talk Basic Income, Shall We?"
[Craig Axford] Dennis Trainor Jr., "Is Minimum Wage Another Distraction? Let's talk Basic Income, Shall We?", Popular Resistance, March 6, 2014
Ailsa McKay, “Being Radical – Arguing For a Citizens Basic Income in the New Scotland”
PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: In the second of our series on welfare and the independence referendum, Professor Ailsa McKay of Glasgow Caledonian University argues that the constitutional debate provides a valuable opportunity to redesign our welfare system and redefine the...
VIDEO: Susanne Wiest, “Wir machen Demokratie [We make democracy]”
[Michael Millar] Language: German Susanne Wiest, “Wir machen Demokratie [We make democracy]”, Bedingungsloses Grundeinkommen in Japan und in der Schweiz, January 25 2014. https://www.grundeinkommen.ch/susanne-wiest-wir-machen-demokratie/
VIDEO: Andreas Gross, “Grundeinkommen und Demokratie [Basic Income and Democracy]”
[Michael Millar] Language: German Andreas Gross, “Grundeinkommen und Demokratie [Basic Income and Democracy]”, Bedingungsloses Grundeinkommen in Japan und in der Schweiz, January 25 2014.
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Rob Rainer, "To Rescue the Middle Class, Ensure Basic Income"
[Craig Axford] Rob Rainer, "To Rescue the Middle Class, Ensure Basic Income", The Brandt Advocate, February 24, 2014.
Anqi Zhang, “Enough money to survive: The struggle to guarantee income for all”
Anqi Zhang, “Enough money to survive: The struggle to guarantee income for all,” The McGill Daily, February 17th, 2014. (Revised Feb. 24)
VIDEO: Daniel Häni und Enno Schmidt, “Grundeinkommen – ein Kulturimpuls [Basic Income – a cultural impulse]”
[Michael Millar] SUMMARY: Many people are dissatisfied with their jobs. Students are pressured into picking a career. Instead of improving quality of life, we have an 'elbow society', one that prioritises economic growth, competition and quantity. As this happens,...