Research posts
Here you will find notices about research and research results relating to Basic Income
James J. Hughes, (editor) Special issue: “Technological Unemployment and the Basic Income Guarantee”
EXCERPT: The question is a simple one: if in the future robots take most people’s jobs, how will human beings eat? The answer that has been more or less obvious to most of those who have taken the prospect seriously has been that society’s wealth would need to be...
Rauke Xenia Bornefeld, "'Das Grundeinkommen ist eine Pflicht' ['The Basic Income is a duty']”
SUMMARY: Economist and Chairman of the Catholic Workers' Movement in Aachen, Ralf Welter, discusses his fight for unconditional Basic Income for everyone. Language: German Rauke Xenia Bornefeld, "Das Grundeinkommen ist eine Pflicht [The basic income is a duty]”,...
Dr. Anna Hedge, "Basic Income and a Room of One's Own"
[Craig Axford] Citing Virginia Woolf's famous essay, A Room of One's Own, the author of this article makes the feminist case for a basic income guarantee. A guaranteed income would, according to the author, enable "women to make an authentic choice as to where on the...
Enita Vogel and Armin Müller, “Wirtschaft ist eine Kulturveranstaltung [Economy is a cultural event]”
[Michael Millar] SUMMARY: The entrepreneur and owner of German drugstore DM, Götz Werner, talks about his wish for an unconditional basic income. Language: German Enita Vogel and Armin Müller, “Wirtschaft ist eine Kulturveranstaltung [Economy is a cultural event]”,...
Bloomberg View: "The Working Poor Get Their 15 Minutes"
[Craig Axford] President Obama is proposing to significantly expand the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). This program arose out of conservative economist Milton Friedman’s idea of a negative income tax (form of BIG) and has traditionally enjoyed bipartisan support....
Ignaczak, Nina Misuraca, “Could Free Money Solve Poverty?”
Ignaczak, Nina Misuraca, “Could Free Money Solve Poverty?” Shareable. February 2, 2014.
Simon Birnbaum, "Self-Ownership, Liberal Neutrality and the Realm of Freedom: New Reflections on the Justification of Basic Income"
This paper by Simon Birnbaum (Stockholm University, Sweden) is a review essay of Arguing about Justice. Essays for Philippe Van Parijs, that was published in 2011 (now available for free download in PDF). In his review, Birnbaum stresses the fact that this volume is a...
Jesse Walker, “When a Citizens' Dividend Sets Off Citizenship Disputes"
Jesse Walker, “When a Citizens' Dividend Sets Off Citizenship Disputes,” Reason. Feb. 3, 2014.
Matthew Timms, “Is unconditional basic income the reform Europe needs?"
SUMMARY: Europe’s inflexible labour markets are in need of a structural overhaul, which can perhaps be found in the shape of an unconditional basic income. With many commentators calling for widespread reform, members of the EU parliament have a busy year ahead. Could...
Barbara Jacobson, “Speech at ‘Poverty is Political’, Green Party conference 1 March 2014”
Barbara Jacobson, “Speech at ‘Poverty is Political’, Green Party conference 1 March 2014,” Basic Income UK. March 3, 2014.
Frances Fox Piven, “Extreme Poverty Has Been Used to Divide and Terrify Working People for Centuries
SUMMARY: In this excerpted chapter, scholar Frances Fox Piven argues that the guarantee of a universal income would facilitate a new economic fairness and stability to a financial system careening out of control. This article is an excerpt from her chapter in a book...
Graham Kent, “The Necessities of the Soul”
[Craig Axford] SUMMARY: In this post the author argues that a basic income would allow artists to focus on creativity and fulfilment instead of necessities such as food and shelter. Graham Kent, “The Necessities of the Soul”, The Big Push Campaign, January 2014
