Research posts
Here you will find notices about research and research results relating to Basic Income
Emiliana Armano, Federico Chicchi, Eran Fisher, and Elisabetta Risi, “Boundaries and Measurements of Emerging”
This special issue of the journal Sociologia Del Lavoro has several articles, all with English abstracts and five articles are in English (with Italian abstracts) Languages: Italian and English Emiliana Armano, Federico Chicchi, Eran Fisher, and Elisabetta Risi (eds.)...
Katrina vanden Heuvel and Stephen F. Cohen, "Edward Snowden: A ‘Nation’ Interview."
[Toru Yamamori] Henvel and Cohen interviewed Edward Snowden on October 6 in Moscow. In the interview Snowden endorses a basic income. The interview now online and also will be published in the November 17 edition of the Nation. Katrina vanden Heuvel and Stephen F....
George Dvorsky, “How Universal Basic Income Will Save Us From the Robot Uprising.”
[Toru Yamamori] In his post, Dvorsky argues that technological unemployment has been increasing and inevitable, and that it makes a basic income absolutely inevitable for a bright future. George Dvorsky, “How Universal Basic Income Will Save Us From the Robot...
Bill Christensen, “Time For A Universal Basic Income?”
[Toru Yamamori] In his post, Christensen inform that a science fiction published in 1967 referred to a basic income. Philip Jose Farmer’s novel Riders of the Purple Wage predicted what will follow after the implementation of a basic income. The novel won Hugo Award....
Najma Sadeque, “Everyone’s share of the pie”
Najma Sadeque, “Everyone’s share of the pie” The Nation. October 16, 2014.
Language: French. Creations pour un revenue de base, “Un revenue pour la vie [Income for Life]”
SUMMARY: This article introduces the reader to a new French documentary on basic income, and more specifically, on the French Movement for Basic Income. It provides a detailed synopsis of the plot and the main characters. The authors report that the film asks the...
Language: French Helene Puglia, “L’idee d’un revenue de base [The idea of basic income]”
SUMMARY: This article describes a French infographic that has been developed to explain the concept of basic income in an approachable way. The cartoon explains scenarios where basic income might be needed and offers different perspectives and solutions that are all...
2noame, “Consumer Price Index of Alaska vs. U.S. Before and After Existence of Alaskan Dividend”
2noame, “Consumer Price Index of Alaska vs. U.S. Before and After Existence of Alaskan Dividend” Imgur. October 27, 2014.
Alec Liu, “What Would Your Do With $2,800 a Month, No Questions Asked?”
Alec Liu, “What Would Your Do With $2,800 a Month, No Questions Asked?” Motherboard. November 13, 2013.
John Grgurich, “Instead of QE, the Fed Could Have Given $56,000 to Every Household in America”
[Josh Martin] In Grgurich’s article, he discusses one of the Fed’s major policy decisions during the Great Recession, which was to purchase Treasury bonds monthly. Grgurich then goes on to explain that the amount of money spent on these policies could have been given...
Malcolm Torry, “Policy Briefing: Basic Income – A Benefits System For Our Society, Today and Tomorrow”
[Josh Martin] Torry’s post provides a very well informed picture of current social policy in the UK, and attempts to envision what societal changes will occur in the next few decades. He highlights the flexibility of the labor market and the changing nature of...
Nick Barlow, “How did workism conquer the world?”
[Josh Martin] Barlow’s blog discusses the fascination society holds today with what he calls “workism”: the obsession over working hard. Barlow begins the post with a discussion on the inevitability of robots taking most jobs away, but he claims that workism stepped...
