Research posts
Here you will find notices about research and research results relating to Basic Income
Malcolm Henry, “How To Fund A Universal Basic Income (Without Scaring The Horses)”
[Craig Axford] Most proposals for funding a basic income guarantee rely upon some kind of traditional taxation mechanism. In this post the idea of a negative interest rate that is deposited back into a pool to finance BIG and encourage money’s circulation through the...
Frances Coppola, “Oh no, not again”
Frances Coppola, “Oh no, not again,” Coppola Comment, January 26, 2014.
Oliver Burkeman, “This column will change your life: obvious answers”
[Craig Axford] Is the reason solutions like a basic income guarantee are so often overlooked or ignored because they are just too obvious? This author thinks perhaps we tend to find the less obvious and more complex “solutions” more alluring, the growing list of...
Arlene Goldbard, “Deceleration & Sustainability”
This Blog reacts enthusiastically to remarks by Adrienne Goehler, who called for a basic income grant as a universal right in her concluding keynote for Staging Sustainability 2014. Arlene Goldbard, “Deceleration & Sustainability,” Arlene’s Blog. February 21,...
Infidel 753 (Blogger), “Basic income and the technological transition”
[Josh Martin] This blog post excellently outlines some of the key benefits of the universal basic income (UBI). It especially focuses on the UBI’s ability to ease the transition into an economy where the production of wealth is done largely by machines. Infidel 753,...
Hack the Union, “Why Labor should join the fight for Universal Basic Income”
“Why Labor should join the fight for Universal Basic Income”, Hack the Union, February 6, 2014
Alex Pareene, “Down with work! A pro-freedom agenda liberals should embrace”
[Craig Axford] This article makes the case that the recent announcement that the Affordable Care Act is allowing people to leave jobs they previously held on to just for the healthcare benefits is good news. Accessibility to a basic income, as well as healthcare,...
Andrew Dolan, “Do They Owe Us a Living? 7 Reasons the Universal Basic Income is Worth Fighting For”
PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: “The Universal Basic Income (UBI) – sometimes called the Unconditional Basic Income, Citizens’ Income or Social Wage – has in recent times become a focus of economic discussion across the political spectrum. While column inches in the Financial...
Luigi Narni Mancinelli, “Il Basic Income e il diritto di fuga dal mercato del lavoro”
Luigi Narni Mancinelli, “Il Basic Income e il diritto di fuga dal mercato del lavoro” [The Basic Income and the right to escape from the labor market], Basic Income Network Italia. January 29, 2014. ABSTRACT: Secondo la definizione di Philippe Van Parijs e Yannick...
Duncan Cameron, “A living minimum”
[Craig Axford] Citing a 2009 report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPPA), this author argues that a basic income guarantee wouldn’t necessarily involve a huge expenditure by government to implement. Providing a greater degree of separation between...
Kay-Alexander Scholz, "Piraten wollen ins Europa-Parlament [Pirates want into the European Parliament]"
[Michael Millar] SUMMARY: The German Pirate Party held its first national convention of the year, choosing their top three candidates to enter the European Parliament. They need 3% of the vote in May's elections to have representation there. The party achieved 2.2% of...
Daniel Adaszynski, “Basic Income – Guaranteed Minimum Income”
Daniel Adaszynski, “Basic Income - Guaranteed Minimum Income,” Hub Pages, January 18, 2014.
