Research posts
Here you will find notices about research and research results relating to Basic Income
Ezra Klein, “The depressing psychological theory that explains Washington
Ezra Klein, “The depressing psychological theory that explains Washington,” the Washington Post, January 10, 2014.
Dylan Matthews, “Five conservative reforms millennials should be fighting for"
AUTHOR’S SUMMARY: “A bit of a firestorm has been kicked up by Jesse Myerson's piece, "Five Economic Reforms Millennials Should Be Fighting For" in Rolling Stone. But when we at wonkblog read it, we recognized something odd: Frame the policies a bit differently and it...
Glyn Moody, “How To Solve The Piracy Problem: Give Everyone A Basic Income For Doing Nothing”
Glyn Moody, “How To Solve The Piracy Problem: Give Everyone A Basic Income For Doing Nothing,” TechDirt, Dec 27th 2013.
Moises Velasquez-Manoff, “What Happens When the Poor Receive a Stipend?”
the number in poverty declined by half … Other effects included decline in minor crimes by youth, increase in high school graduation rates, and, especially when the income arrived early in a child’s life, better mental health in early adulthood.
R.C. Smith, “On the Basic Income Law, Economic Democracy, Participatory Economics, and the Importance of the Commons in the 21st Century”
AUTHOR’S SUMMARY: Over the past few weeks I’ve had the privilege of engaging with a number of people both in formal discussions and on Heathwood’s comment boards regarding a range of issues. These issues span from the structural problems of capitalism and the idea of...
Matthew Feeney, “Scrap the Welfare State and Give People Free Money”
Author’s summary, “A guaranteed income would reduce the humiliations of the current welfare system while promoting individual responsibility.” Matthew Feeney, “Scrap the Welfare State and Give People Free Money,” Reason.com, November 26, 2013.
Jill Segger, “Growing pains”
PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: “However much we disagree on how to achieve it, politicians promise the same thing – an economy that grows and grows forever. Jill Segger doesn’t buy it.” She considers basic income as a better alternative. Jill Segger, “Growing pains,” Reform....
Nathaniel Downes, “Switzerland’s ‘Basic Income’ Proposal – Could It Work In The US?”
Nathaniel Downes, “Switzerland’s ‘Basic Income’ Proposal – Could It Work In The US?” Addicting Info. December 27, 2013.
Stephanie Nolen, "What would Robin Hood do: How cash handouts are remaking lives in Brazil"
[Craig Axford] This story takes a look at the remarkable changes that have taken place within Brazil since the implementation of the Bolsa Familia grant program ten years ago. According to the article, "Between 2003 and 2009, incomes of the poorest Brazilians grew...
Evilsax, “Some Thoughts on the Negative Income Tax”
Evilsax, “Some Thoughts on the Negative Income Tax,” Diary of a Republican Hater. January 18, 2014.
Equal Life Foundation, “BIG Pilot Project Namibia: a Perspective”
Equal Life Foundation, “BIG Pilot Project Namibia: a Perspective,” Living Income Guaranteed. August 26, 2013.
Tobias Haeusermann, “A Salary for Living”
SUMMARY: An article on the cost of living, the cost of stigmatising, and the cost of forgetting the rich historical basis of the Universal Basic Income (UBI) idea. It further explores how the recent proposal to institute a UBI in Switzerland may turn out to be a...
