Research posts
Here you will find notices about research and research results relating to Basic Income
Darklight, “Technologically Enhanced Basic Income as a Solution to Technological Unemployment”
Darklight, “Technologically Enhanced Basic Income as a Solution to Technological Unemployment”, DarkAIBlog, December 24, 2013
Michael Howard, “Guaranteed income for every adult? It’s not as far-fetched as you might think"
AUTHOR’S SUMMARY: “I argued previously in a Feb. 4 BDN OpEd that unconditional cash transfers funded by a carbon tax could bring about substantial reductions in extreme poverty globally. But what about the less-than-extreme poverty in developed countries? Is there a...
SPII, “Making the case for a SADC BIG”
[Craig Axford] SUMMARY: Despite high levels of mineral resources that exist in most countries within SADC, SADC states are characterised by high levels of poverty and some of the highest levels of inequality globally. It is against this background that the Studies in...
Samuel Andert, “The rise of digital currencies and promising opportunities”
This blog asks the question, “What do digital currencies, basic income and couch surfing have in common?” Samuel Andert, “The rise of digital currencies and promising opportunities,” Liv.io. February 10, 2014.
EuropeanCEO, “Is unconditional basic income the reform Europe needs?”
“Is unconditional basic income the reform Europe needs?” EuropeanCEO, January 29, 2014.
Rob Rainer and Kelly Ernst, “How can we not afford a ‘basic annual income’?”
SUMMARY: Rob Rainer is the founder and director of The BIG Push campaign of Basic Income Canada Network. Kelly Ernst is the Chair of the Board of Basic Income Canada Network. In this article they argue that what is most needed now in Canada is a basic income guarantee...
Vivian Belik, “A Town Without Poverty?”
[Craig Axford] Canada’s 1970s experiment with a basic income guarantee in a small town in Manitoba is revisited in this article. Though the Mincome pilot program came to an end in 1978 without the impacts of the program receiving much analysis, that changed when...
Brian Merchant, “The Rich and Their Robots Are About to Make Half the World's Jobs Disappear”
Brian Merchant, “The Rich and Their Robots Are About to Make Half the World's Jobs Disappear,” Vice, January 21, 2014.
Sascha Liebermann, "Success or failure? A discussion of the outcome of the ECI Unconditional Basic Income in Germany"
In this piece published by the Green European Journal on 26 February 2014, Sascha Liebermann (Professor of Sociology at the Alanus University, and co-founder of the Initiative «Freiheit statt Vollbeschäftigung») discusses the impact of the "European Citizen's...
Jill Segger, “Living by bread alone: economic growth and the citizen’s income”
Jill Segger, “Living by bread alone: economic growth and the citizen’s income”, Ekklesia, February 7, 2014
Ben Knight, “'Hartz reforms': how a benefits shakeup changed Germany”
Ben Knight, “'Hartz reforms': how a benefits shakeup changed Germany,” The Guardian, January 1, 2013.
Michal Rozworski, “The political aspects of the minimum wage”
Michal Rozworski, “The political aspects of the minimum wage,” Political Eh-conomy, January 28, 2014.
