Research posts
Here you will find notices about research and research results relating to Basic Income
George Manbiot, “Communism, welfare state – what’s the next big idea?”
George Manbiot, “Communism, welfare state – what’s the next big idea? Any attempt to challenge the elite needs courage, inspiration and a truly groundbeaking proposal. Here are two to set us off”, the Guardian, April 1, 2013.
Thomas G. Clark, “The What is…? Series, Number 14: What is…Universal Basic Income?”
According to the author, the objective of this series is to try to explain seemingly complex socio-economic theories and concepts in everyday language and show how these concepts are being misused, abused and ignored by governments and powerful international...
The Equal Life Foundation, “Living Income Guarantees Business Profits”
The Equal Life Foundation, “Living Income Guarantees Business Profits”, The Equal Life Foundation, January 4, 2013.
William Watson, “Guaranteed income guarantees poverty”
[Josh Martin] Watson voices his take on the guaranteed income by citing a recent study from Laval University that evaluated the labor market effects of multiple economic proposals such as a guarantee of 100% of Statistics Canada’s “Market-basket Measure” of low...
Chandra Pasma, “Basic Income Programs and Pilots”
SUMMARY: In this 13-page report, Ottawa-based social policy analyst, basic income expert and The BIG Push campaign executive team member Chandra Pasma summarizes a number of basic income and basic income-like programs and pilots in Canada, the United States and...
Alyssa Battistoni, “Alive in the Sunshine”
AUTHOR’S SUMMARY: There’s no way toward a sustainable future without tackling environmentalism’s old stumbling blocks: consumption and jobs. And the way to do that is through a universal basic income. Alyssa Battistoni is an editor at Jacobin. Her work has appeared in...
Frances Coppola, “The Changing Nature of Work”
SUMMARY: Frances Coppola explores how increasing automation is fundamentally shifting the nature of work away from 'making stuff' towards personal services. Frances Coppola, “The Changing Nature of Work”, Pieria, May 13, 2013
Tim Harford, “The robots are coming and will terminate your jobs”
Tim Harford, “The robots are coming and will terminate your jobs”, The Undercover Economist, December 31, 2013
Living Income Guaranteed, “EU’s Basic Income Petition: What NOW?”
The author begins with the question, “285,041 people signed for the Universal Basic Income Petition in Europe but why didn’t it reach the million?” Living Income Guaranteed, “EU’s Basic Income Petition: What NOW?” Living Income: Perfecting Capitalism, January 16,...
Jacqueline Büchi, Disputes in Switzerland 2014
Jacqueline Büchi, "Darüber streitet die Schweiz 2014 [Disputes in Switzerland 2014]", 20min.ch, January 3 2014. LANGUAGE: German
Jax Blunt, “Basic income – a solution to welfare?”
Jax Blunt, “Basic income – a solution to welfare?” Making it Up. January 14, 2014.
John Cassidy, “Ten Ways to Get Serious About Rising Inequality”
This article uses the term “guaranteed minimum income” for the first of its ten ways to get serious about inequality, and it mentions John Kenneth Galbraith's and Milton Friedman's endorsement of the idea. But in its elaboration it talks only about expanding the...
