Research posts
Here you will find notices about research and research results relating to Basic Income
Horacio Levy, Manos Matsaganis, and Holly Sutherland “Child Poverty Insights: Simulating the costs and benefits of a Europe-wide Basic Income scheme for Children”
SUMMARY: Basic Income for Children (BIC) is a universal income transfer unconditionally granted to all families with children, without means test or work requirement. The authors use the European tax-benefit micro simulation model to estimate the effects of their...
INTERNATIONAL: Petition for a global carbon tax and dividend
An online petition calling for a referendum on a global carbon tax with a dividend (a form of basic income guarantee) is online on the Care2 Petition website. The author is Keith McNeill and it is targeted at the secretary-general of the United Nations To see the...
Michael Valpy, “Opinion, How to Put Canada Back Together Again: Four big recommendations for repairing the tears in our social fabric”
This essay includes Basic Income as its third recommendation and protections for the precariat as its fourth recommendation. Michael Valpy, “Opinion, How to Put Canada Back Together Again: Four big recommendations for repairing the tears in our social fabric,” the...
Social Justice Ireland, “Basic Income – Why and How in Difficult Economic Times: Financing a BI in Ireland”
Social Justice Ireland, “Basic Income – Why and How in Difficult Economic Times: Financing a BI in Ireland,” Social Justice Ireland, September 14, 2012.
Johanna Perkio, “Universal Basic Income: A New Tool for Development Policy?”
SUMMARY: This report examines the potentials of basic income to serve as a new tool for social and development policy, drawing from the recent experiences from recent pilot projects. The structure of the report is as follows: Chapter two provides a brief literature...
Kevin Milligan, “What’s the right policy tool to fight poverty?”
Kevin Milligan, “What’s the right policy tool to fight poverty?” Maclean’s, January 31, 2014.
The Editors of Ethics & International Affairs, "Norway’s Sovereign Wealth Fund and Global Justice: An Exchange"
[Josh Martin] This article contains four detailed responses to an article written by Chris Armstrong about Sovereign Wealth Funds and global justice. The responses are by Oliviero Angeli, Andreas Follesdal, Angela Cummine, and Paul Segal. Some of the discussion...
Citizen’s Income Trust, Citizen’s Income Newsletter
The first issue of the Citizen’s Income Newsletter was released in February 2014. It is published by the Citizen's Income Trust, BIEN's affiliated in the United Kingdom. It contains: A notice of a meeting at the Houses of Parliament on the 4th March, 2014, Editorials...
Leon Neyfakh, “Should the government pay you to be alive?”
SUMMMARY: Leon Neyfakh writes, “It sounds radical, but the ‘guaranteed basic income’ almost became law in the United States—and it’s having a revival now, with some surprising supporters.” This article traces some of the history of the Basic Income Guarantee in the...
Alec Liu, “How Giving Cash Directly to the Poor Paid Off in Brazil”
[Josh Martin] Liu's article focuses on Brazil's "Bolsa Familia" program, which began 10 years ago and was essentially a conditional cash transfer to Brazilian families. Its success has left many optimistic about the future of (un)conditional cash transfers. Alec Liu,...
L. Randall Wray, “Bop a Mole #2: JG Workers Will Do Nothing Useful, The JG Program Will Not Be Manageable”
[Josh Martin] L. Randall Wray writes extensively on the idea of a job guarantee. Wray mentions the Basic Income Guarantee supports as among those claiming that job guarantee workers wouldn’t do anything useful. Wray respond by using the WPA of the New Deal as a major...
Tameside Green Party, “Greens support Unconditional Basic Income”
Tameside Green Party, “Greens support Unconditional Basic Income,” Tameside Green Party. January 8 , 2014.
