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Yap Shiwen, “Basic Income: Resolving Wealth Inequality”
[Craig Axford] SUMMARY: Singapore has one of the highest inequality rates in the world. Could a basic income guarantee help increase equality in a manner that would be palatable to the city-state’s business community? Yap Shiwen, “Basic Income: Resolving Wealth...
James Morris, "Bedingungsloses Grundeinkommen: 1.000 Euro im Monat für Jeden! [Unconditional Basic Income: 1000 Euros per month for everyone!]"
[Michael Millar] SUMMARY: A case for unconditional basic income is argued and backed up by statistics. First, the German constitution and Federal courts rule that a subsistence level must be assured for all citizens at all times. There are also millions of people who...
Guy Standing, “Job security is a thing of the past – so millions need a better welfare system”
Guy Standing, “Job security is a thing of the past - so millions need a better welfare system: Flexible labour markets have created a growing 'precariat', who should have the right to a basic standard of living,” The Guardian, 21 May 2013.
Ilja Braun, “Grundeinkommen statt Urheberrecht? Zum kreativen Schaffen in der digitalen Welt [Basic Income instead of copyright? For creative work in the digital world]”
[Michael Millar] The key question this book aims to answer is whether Basic Income can solve the crisis of digital copyright and democratization of creativity. Language: German Ilja Braun, “Grundeinkommen statt Urheberrecht? Zum kreativen Schaffen in der digitalen...
Ian Welsh, “Creating a Prosperous Society Where People Love Their Work
Ian Welsh, “Creating a Prosperous Society Where People Love Their Work,” Ian Welsh. 2014 January 15.
Jillian Correira, “Universal basic income could lower poverty”
[Craig Axford] SUMMARY: This article cites research indicating that even a basic income guarantee of as little as $2,920 a year to every American, whether they are of working age or not, could reduce poverty by as much as 50%, and it would cost about what the US is...
Hugh Segal, “Scrapping Welfare: The case for guaranteeing all Canadians an income above the poverty line
Hugh Segal, author of The Right Balance: Canada’s Conservative Tradition (Douglas and McIntyre, 2011), is an Ontario senator and former president of the Institute for Research on Public Policy. Hugh Segal, “Scrapping Welfare: The case for guaranteeing all Canadians an...
Sam Ross-Brown, “How to Win the War on Poverty”
[Craig Axford] SUMMARY: In January of 2014 the United States marked the 50th anniversary of Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty. The author of this article contends this “war’s” failure is due to its focus on the symptoms of poverty rather than the roots of poverty. A...
Lindsay Tedds, “Guaranteed Annual Income”
Lindsay Tedds, “Guaranteed Annual Income,” Dead for Tax Reasons, January 13, 2014.
Matt Bruenig, “Poverty Amid Plenty: A 1969 Basic Income Proposal”
SUMMARY: In November of 1969, the President's Commission on Income Maintenance Programs issued a report titled "Poverty Amid Plenty: the American Paradox." The purpose of the report was to assess the current slate of anti-poverty programs and make recommendations for...
Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee, Race Against The Machine
Among the solutions the authors suggest in this book is guaranteeing every American a basic income. Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee, Race Against The Machine: How the Digital Revolution is Accelerating Innovation, Driving Productivity, and Irreversibly...
Barrie McKenna, “How about a government paycheque, for everyone?”
Barrie McKenna, “How about a government paycheque, for everyone?” The Globe and Mail, January 31, 2014.
