by Andre Coelho | Dec 16, 2015 | Research
Credit to: Sinpermisso
Julio Aguirre discusses the basic premises for conditional grants to alleviate poverty (conventional welfarism), very popular in Spain in the past few years, which contrasts with the more progressive and integrating basic income. According to Julio, basic income, being unconditional and universal, will generate the necessary material conditions to provide for real liberty in people’s lives.
In Spanish:
Julio Aguirre, “Más allá del asistencialismo: El ingresso ciudadano universal y las condiciones materiales para la libertad” [“Beyond welfarism: Basic Income and the material conditions of freedom”], Sin Permiso magazine, November 2, 2015
by BIEN | Nov 13, 2015 | News
Raised Fist in Protest
Mytheos Holt, who is now a senior fellow at the Institute for Liberty and a contributor for the The Federalist and The Libertarian Republic, contributed a post for the R Street Institute’s blog chastising the American Left for not advocating for a universal basic income. Holt argues that, unlike a minimum wage, a universal basic income would pose no direct cost on businesses while still effectively giving America pay raise. Holt also contends that the Left may be able to distance itself from Obamacare by striking a bargain with the Republicans to replace Obamacare with healthcare subsidies that can achieve the goals of the Affordable Care Act without the negative public perception. Holt notes throughout his article that conservatives and libertarians can and should agree to a universal basic income as a compromise on entitlement reform.
For the entirety of the post, please visit
Mytheos Holt, “Why doesn’t the left push a universal basic income?” R Street Institute, February 24, 2014
by BIEN | Sep 16, 2015 | News
This video outlines the benefits of a basic income guarantee from a libertarian perspective. The video argues for, more specifically, a guaranteed minimum income. The video explains that a basic income guarantee would be less paternalistic, less bureaucratic, and fairer than the current welfare state. Three arguments are put forth to support the benefits of a basic income. Zwolinski argues that it would be simpler, give people more freedom to make decisions about their lives, and is more egalitarian than current entitlement programs
Matt Zwolinski, “Freedom: Benefits of a Basic Income Guarantee” Learn Liberty
by Liam Upton | Sep 15, 2015 | News
Join fellow D.C. Basic Income advocates for an evening of drinks and lively discussion about a universal income — where every American gets an unconditional grant of the same amount, no strings attached — featuring:
* Peter Barnes, author, With Liberty and Dividends for All
* Michelle Miller, co-founder, Coworker.org
* Ian Schlakman, BasicIncomeAction.org
The salon is sponsored by Demand Progress, Basic Income Action, and the Universal Income Project, and co-hosted by: David Segal, Dan O’Sullivan, Nicole Aro, Michelle Miller, Angelica Morales, Colin Holtz, Ian Schlakman
Event page here.
When:
September 17, 2015 at 7pm – 9pm
Where:
Prequel DC
918 F St NW
Washington DC, DC 20004
United States
Google map and directions
Contact:
Ian Schlakman
info@basicincomeaction.org
202-499-7384
by Josh Martin | Jul 17, 2015 | News
From their website:
“Universal basic income—the idea that people should be paid simply for being alive—is gaining attention in many different sectors. It is being talked about by right-wing libertarians and far-left socialists, by high-tech venture capitalists and inside-the-Beltway think tanks. But is it really feasible in the United States? If so, how, and when?
This discussion occurred at Civic Hall in New York City on May 26, 2015. The panel includes:
Peter Barnes is a co-founder of Working Assets/CREDO, a social entrepreneur, and the author of several books. His With Liberty and Dividends for All explains how a form of universal basic income, modeled on the Alaska Permanent Fund, could provide living wage while helping to prevent catastrophic climate change.
Natalie Foster is a fellow at Institute for the Future and co-founder of Peers.org. Before that she was CEO of Rebuild the Dream and led the digital work of Organizing for America, the Sierra Club, and MoveOn.org.
Michael Lewis is a professor at the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College in New York City, where he has studied the possible impacts of universal basic income schemes on the economy and the environment. He is a member of the coordinating committee of the U.S. Basic Income Guarantee Network.
Nathan Schneider has reported on universal basic income proposals in tech culture for Vice magazine and is a longtime chronicler of social movements. His most recent book is Thank You, Anarchy: Notes from the Occupy Apocalypse.”
City Hall, “Has the Time Come for Universal Basic Income?”, 26 May 2015.
