Research posts
Here you will find notices about research and research results relating to Basic Income
Michael W. Howard, “One solution could fight both global extreme poverty and climate change”
[Michael W. Howard] One partial solution to global extreme poverty could also help to mitigate the growing impacts of climate change: the development of a universal dividend funded by a universal carbon fee. Michael W. Howard, “One solution could fight both global...
Andrew Coyne, “Raising minimum wage won’t help end poverty but giving the poor more money will”
[Josh Martin] Coyne’s article largely serves as a critique of raising the minimum wage as a policy to combat poverty. Debates over how high the minimum wage ought to be seem arbitrary, and Coyne argues that those in poverty face employment issues from a lack of...
L. Randall Wray, “Let’s Compare the Job Guarantee to the Alternatives, NOT Against Some Distant Utopian Vision”
[Josh Martin] Wray’s article compares his job guarantee plan to the basic income guarantee (BIG). Through his analysis, he finds that the job guarantee does a much better job at combating poverty than the BIG. L. Randall Wray, “Let’s Compare the Job Guarantee to the...
David Spencer, “The case for working less”
Without mentioning BIG, this article argues for it. The article appears in Pieria, which has run several articles favoring BIG. David Spencer, “The case for working less,” Pieria, Jan 22nd 2014.
Matt Bruenig, “What People Mean When They Say Reducing Poverty Is Difficult”
Matt Bruenig, “What People Mean When They Say Reducing Poverty Is Difficult”, PolicyShop, January 10, 2014.
Pavlina Tcherneva, “16 Reasons Matt Yglesias is Wrong about the Job Guarantee vs. Basic Income”
[Josh Martin] Tchnerneva writes in response to a post by Matt Yglesias where Yglesias criticizes the idea of a job guarantee. Tchnerneva’s article focuses on defending the job guarantee and, in the process, attacking the basic income guarantee. Pavlina Tcherneva, “16...
John Courtneidge, “Co-operative Socialism”
In this blog, John Courtneidge outlines the Campaign for Co-operative Socialism for Occupy London Economics Working Group. According to Courtneidge, co-operative Socialism is the nonviolent, non-hierarchical alternative to capitalism and totalitarianism. He explains...
Barbara Jacobson, “Social security without the surveillance”
Barbara Jacobson, “Social security without the surveillance”, Basic Income UK, January 13, 2014.
Rob Rainer, “The Trudeau Foundation Poll: A Closer Look 1.0”
[Josh Martin] The recent poll from the Trudeau Foundation found that 46% of Canadians are in favor of a guaranteed annual income, while 42% of Canadians are opposed. Rainer, however, raises caution over these numbers because the poll’s question suggested that the...
Ned Resnikoff, “Four ways Martin Luther King Jr. wanted to battle inequality”
Ned Resnikoff, “Four ways Martin Luther King Jr. wanted to battle inequality,” MSNBC, 01/19/14.
Matthew Yglesias, “Martin Luther King's Case for a Guaranteed Basic Income”
Matthew Yglesias, “Martin Luther King's Case for a Guaranteed Basic Income,” Slate, Aug. 28 2013.
Ed Dolan, “A Universal Basic Income: Conservative, Progressive, and Libertarian Perspectives”
[Josh Martin] Dolan’s article, the third in a series on the universal basic income (UBI), covers the multiple ideological arguments for a UBI. By describing the conservative, progressive, and libertarian perspectives on the UBI, Dolan shows that there is room for...
