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Here you will find notices about research and research results relating to Basic Income
Zi-Ann Lum, “A Canadian City Once Eliminated Poverty And Nearly Everyone Forgot About It”
Dec 27, 2014 | Research
[Liam Upton] Zi-Ann Lum, “A Canadian City Once Eliminated Poverty And Nearly Everyone Forgot About It”, The Huffington Post Canada, December 23 2014
Guy Standing, “Cash transfers can work better than subsidies”
Dec 26, 2014 | Research
[Josh Martin] In this opinion piece in an Indian newspaper, Guy Standing, who was one of the driving architects behind the Indian basic income pilot projects in the past few years, argues for a basic income as a better alternative to the large subsidies in place that...
Jon Maiden, “Citizen’s Income: A Vision of a Better Future”
Dec 26, 2014 | Research
[Josh Martin] Maiden’s post is written from the year 2045 under the assumption that a basic income was adopted in 2025. It details the historical context in which the basic income was adopted and then outlines its effects on society, including the emergence of an...
Scott Santens, “5 Steps to Becoming a BIG Contributor”
Dec 25, 2014 | Research
[Josh Martin] Santens writes this piece on his personal blog on how one can help personally push the basic income movement forward. He outlines it in five steps: Become Knowledgeable, Interact with Others, Create Content, Organize Locally, and Organize Nationally...
Sam Bowman, “The Negative Income Tax and Basic Income are pretty much the same thing”
Dec 24, 2014 | Research
[Josh Martin] This post seeks to equate the Negative Income Tax (NIT) and the Basic Income (BI). Bowman’s main point is that both policies effectively withdraw the benefits as earned income rises, but it is withdrawn at the front end in the NIT and at the back end in...
Matthew Ward, “State of the Arts—a guest post about Basic Income”
Dec 23, 2014 | Research
[Josh Martin] Ward writes this piece on his sister’s blog on the issues facing artists in the 21st century. Ward argues that capitalism makes life especially difficult for artists since their work is priced and sold just like every other good and service. Through...
The Uxbridge Graduate, “Using the tax system to deliver a living wage”
Dec 22, 2014 | Research
[Josh Martin] In this post, the author graphs different approaches to the tax code in the UK, including a negative income tax, an unconditional basic income, and a conditional basic income. “Using the tax system to deliver a living wage”, The Uxbridge Graduate, 4...
Elizabeth Edgett, “Unconditional Basic Income – an Economic Model for a New Renaissance”
Dec 21, 2014 | Research
[Josh Martin] Edgett’s article provides an introduction to the unconditional basic income. By eliciting arguments on robots and automation, Edgett believes the basic income can solve many of the problems society will face in the next 100 years. Edgett then discusses...
Resilience.me. A Peer-to-Peer #BasicIncome Network
Dec 21, 2014 | Research
Resilience.me. A Peer-to-Peer #BasicIncome Network. Resilience.me, August 29, 2014
Stanislas Jourdan, “Le parti pirate islandais demande au gouvernement de plancher sur le revenu de base [The Icelandic Pirate Party asks the government to consider basic income]”
Dec 21, 2014 | Research
SUMMARY: This article summarizes recent action in Iceland on basic income, where the Pirate Party requested that the Ministry of Social Affairs and Housing establish a working group for basic income. Stanislas Jourdan, “Le parti pirate islandais demande au...
Scott Santens, “Payday Loan Lenders Are Unstoppable. . . Or Are They?”
Dec 20, 2014 | Research
[Josh Martin] Utilizing the momentum against payday loan lenders generated by HBO’s John Oliver, Santens takes the opportunity to highlight the basic income’s impact on indebtedness. Using results from the basic income pilot projects in India and Namibia, Santens...
Koeppelmann, “Basic Income (CIRCLES) – reputation/market based approach to solve the identity problem/Sybil attacs”
Dec 20, 2014 | Research
[Josh Martin] This post contains a proposed structure for a cryptocurrency based basic income. Koeppelmann, “Basic Income (CIRCLES) - reputation/market based approach to solve the identity problem/Sybil attacs”, Ethereum, 21 November 2014.
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