Research posts
Here you will find notices about research and research results relating to Basic Income
Obey, "Universal Basic Income – A Swiss case study"
[Craig Axford] Obey, "Universal Basic Income - A Swiss case study", My FDL, December 13, 2013
Andrew MacLeod, "Eighteen Ways to Shrink Inequality"
[Craig Axford] There are a number of ways to successfully deal with the issue of inequality, and they are not mutually exclusive. Among them, a guaranteed livable income, which comes in as recommendation number 8 in this article. Andrew MacLeod, "Eighteen Ways to...
Journal Pioneer staff, "EI manipulation further cements need for basic income guarantee – Redmond"
[Craig Axford] Canadian government changes to Employment Insurance (EI) program make a guaranteed income more attractive to some on Prince Edward Island. Journal Pioneer staff, "EI manipulation further cements need for basic income guarantee - Redmond", The Journal...
Shamus Khan, “The marriage of poverty and inequality.”
SUMMARY: This article focuses on poverty and inequality, discussing how poverty puts people in a condition in which they cannot make meaningful choices. “Instead, we might look to policies like a guaranteed basic income or a negative income tax, in which we give...
Shaun Loney, "Minimum income can end poverty"
[Craig Axford] A guaranteed annual income targeting the 100,000 citizens of Manitoba that are currently living below the after tax low-income cutoff would cost about $1.2 billion. According to this article, with a willing federal partner the province that was home to...
Hollie Slade Staff, “Give Directly's Breakthrough 'Free Money' Model Grows As Evidence Mounts.”
This article discusses how the charity, Give Directly, which has an extremely simple model find poor people and give them money, has grown in success. Although GiveDirectly has received increasing attention, this article, like most other articles on GiveDriectly does...
Dennis Trainor Jr., "Is Minimum Wage Another Distraction? Let’s talk Basic Income, Shall We?"
[Craig Axford] Dennis Trainor Jr., "Is Minimum Wage Another Distraction? Let's talk Basic Income, Shall We?", Popular Resistance, March 6, 2014
Ailsa McKay, “Being Radical – Arguing For a Citizens Basic Income in the New Scotland”
PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: In the second of our series on welfare and the independence referendum, Professor Ailsa McKay of Glasgow Caledonian University argues that the constitutional debate provides a valuable opportunity to redesign our welfare system and redefine the...
Rob Rainer, "To Rescue the Middle Class, Ensure Basic Income"
[Craig Axford] Rob Rainer, "To Rescue the Middle Class, Ensure Basic Income", The Brandt Advocate, February 24, 2014.
Anqi Zhang, “Enough money to survive: The struggle to guarantee income for all”
Anqi Zhang, “Enough money to survive: The struggle to guarantee income for all,” The McGill Daily, February 17th, 2014. (Revised Feb. 24)
Klaus Fürst, “Bedingungsloses Grundeinkommen – die nächste Stufe der Evolution? [Basic Income – the next stage of evolution?]
[Michael Millar] Language: German Klaus Fürst, “Bedingungsloses Grundeinkommen – die nächste Stufe der Evolution? [Basic Income - the next stage of evolution?], neopresse, February 28 2014
Higher Perspective, “Switzerland To Pay Basic Income 2,500 Francs Per Month To Every Adult”
Higher Perspective, “Switzerland To Pay Basic Income 2,500 Francs Per Month To Every Adult,” Higher Perspective. March 2014.
