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Nigel Todman, “Canada could eliminate Poverty and Homelessness overnight. But will they?”
Sep 21, 2014 | Research
The author discusses a basic income proposal from Canadian Conservative Senator Hugh Segal, explaining what it entails and why providing a guaranteed basic income would be more cost-efficient than the current system. He also discusses the 1970s Mincome experiment....
Thomas G. Clark, “Universal Basic Income vs the current welfare system”
Sep 20, 2014 | Research
Thomas G. Clark, “Universal Basic Income vs the current welfare system” Another Angry Voice, August 15, 2014.
The Progress Report, “Martin Luther King on guaranteed income social dividend”
Sep 19, 2014 | Research
Staff, “Martin Luther King on guaranteed income social dividend”, The Progress Report, 3 May 2009
Conor Friedersdorf, “Icons of the Right Debate a Guaranteed Minimum Income”
Sep 19, 2014 | Research
Conor Friedersdorf, “Icons of the Right Debate a Guaranteed Minimum Income” The Atlantic, November 20, 2013
David Atkins, “Why the basic income movement will be mainstream soon”
Sep 18, 2014 | Research
David Atkins, “Why the basic income movement will be mainstream soon”, Hullabaloo, 25 July 2014
Jeff Spross,“Why reform conservatives should embrace a universal basic income”
Sep 18, 2014 | Research
Jeff Spross,“Why reform conservatives should embrace a universal basic income” The Week, August 12, 2014.
Hannah Fearn, “Could an oil-rich independent Scotland afford to pay a citizen’s income?”
Sep 18, 2014 | Research
[Josh Martin] Fearn’s article looks into what an independent Scotland could do in regards to implementing a citizen’s income. Fearn mentions the promises of the Green Yes party who claim Scotland could pay its citizens a basic income of £15,000 per year and also...
Gil Smart, “Smart Remarks: As jobs disappear, we may need even more government handouts”
Sep 17, 2014 | Research
The author lays out the continuing increase of structural unemployment due to technological advances, stating that Thomas Rodham Wells' solution of a universal basic income “may be the simplest means of defusing rising tensions”. Gil Smart, “Smart Remarks: As jobs...
The Centre for Welfare Reform, “New report proposes basic income”
Sep 17, 2014 | Research
The Centre for Welfare Reform, “New report proposes basic income” The Centre for Welfare Reform News, September 3, 2014.
Matt Zwolinski, “The Cato Debate on the Basic Income – Roundup”
Sep 16, 2014 | Research
Matt Zwolinski, “The Cato Debate on the Basic Income – Roundup”. Bleeding Heart Libertarian, September 2, 2014
Paul Lafargue (Author), Bernard Marszalek (Editor), The Right to Be Lazy: Essays by Paul Lafargue.
Sep 16, 2014 | Research
SUMMARY: According to the publisher’s abstract, “At once a masterpiece of critical theory and rip-roaring radical humor, this is one of the most spirited attacks on the notion of the "work ethic" ever to be published. Featuring a revised edition of the original...
The Local, “Should we all get €12,000 a year?”
Sep 15, 2014 | Research
The Local, “Should we all get €12,000 a year?” The Local, July 25, 2014.
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