Research posts
Here you will find notices about research and research results relating to Basic Income
Peggy Curran, “Idea of flat income to be hot topic at McGill on Friday.”
SUMMARY: According to this article, “On Friday, more than 100 academics, economists and activists for social change from around the world will gather at McGill University’s Law Faculty for the 15th International Congress of the Basic Income Earth Network. Over three...
Gaura Rader, “Global Basic Income”
Gaura Rader, “Global Basic Income”, The Socratic Diablogs, 16th June 2014.
Frances Coppola, “Categorising the poor.”
SUMMARY: This article discusses the history of Britains desire to judge poor people's motives rather than addressing their needs, and suggests basic income as a new approach. Frances Coppola, “Categorising the poor.” Pieria, May 27th 2014.
The Pieces Fit, “Debunking the Top 5 Myths About the Universal Basic Income”
SUMMARY: The article addresses the following common arguments against UBI: 1) Isn't that Communism? 2) You can't make up new rights! 3) If people get a basic income nobody would want to work anymore! 4) Employment is a voluntary exchange between consenting parties 5)...
Ailsa McKay, “Viewpoint: A Citizens Basic Income? Questions for a New Scotland.”
Ailsa McKay, “Viewpoint: A Citizens Basic Income? Questions for a New Scotland.” Discover Society, Issue 7, April 01, 2014.
Corrupt Bstard, “Define Insanity. Paying every human being an Unconditional Basic Income or Reinventing Spanish Flu?”
Corrupt Bstard, “Define Insanity. Paying every human being an Unconditional Basic Income or Reinventing Spanish Flu?”, The BIG Political Party, 13th June 2014.
Federico Pistono, “Get ready, robots are going to steal your job.”
SUMMARY: This article argues that robots are replace a significant amount of human labor and concludes that government need to introduce new policies in response. “These can include tax reforms to provide a safety net for those who become unemployed, smaller...
Deirdre Kent, “Government Superannuation, Basic Income, Duplication and the Housing stock”
Deirdre Kent, “Government Superannuation, Basic Income, Duplication and the Housing stock”, The New Economics Party, 15th June 2014.
John Aziz, “Could a robot do my job? Probably, but I'm still optimistic.”
SUMMARY: This article discusses technological unemployment and concludes optimistically, “If the economy is disemboweled by a lack of consumer spending, corporations fat off the self-perpetuating riches of automation and plentiful, cheap energy will likely be all too...
Jeremiah Luttrell, “Fair Tax and Negative Income Tax.”
SUMMARY: This article is a continuation of the Basic Income article from a previous post on Common Progress, this time discussing two specific programs the Negative Income Tax and the Fair Tax. The author endorses Basic Income in name, but actually supports a policy...
Bold Blue Magazine, “Unconditional Basic Income: Discussion Whose Time Has Come?”
Bold Blue Magazine, “Unconditional Basic Income: Discussion Whose Time Has Come?” Bold Blue Magazine, June 2014, pp. 28-31.
Simon Duffy “A Fair Income.”
PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: In the final joint policy paper in our series with the University of Birmingham, Simon Duffy outlines the case for radical reform of the tax-benefit system. The current system is confusing and unfair, it locks the poor into poverty and imposes...
