Research posts
Here you will find notices about research and research results relating to Basic Income
Joseph Finlay, “Free Money for All – The Only Way Forward on Welfare”
[Josh Martin] In this article Finlay summarizes a wide range of key arguments for the basic income and suggests the implementation of a £10,000 basic income for all adults in the UK as a solution to issues with current welfare spending. Finlay then outlines a funding...
Seetha, “Bite this: Survey proves cash transfer critics wrong”
Seetha, “Bite this: Survey proves cash transfer critics wrong,” FirstPost. May 31, 2013.
Tom Streithorst, “Moral Aspects of Basic Income”
Tom Streithorst, “Moral Aspects of Basic Income,” Pieria, December 18, 2013.
Lena Lavinas, “21st Century Welfare"
Summary: Latin America as laboratory for conditional cash transfers, fast becoming the hegemonic social-protection paradigm for the Global South. In a comparative survey, Lena Lavinas reveals the CCT model as a strategy for the financialization—not abolition—of...
Shawn Gude, “In Defense of ‘Entitlements’”
Shawn Gude, “In Defense of ‘Entitlements,’” Jacobin: A Magazine of Culture and Polemic, December 17, 2013.
J.D. Longstreet, “Something B. I. G. Is Coming To America! Progressive/Commies Push For Solution To Income Inequality”
[Josh Martin] Longstreet believes the Democratic Party in the U.S. will use the appeal of a basic income guarantee (BIG) to mobilize its voting base in the 2014 midterm election. Progressives, Longstreet believes, will scream out for damaging levels of income...
Marco Nappolini, “The perils of a Living Wage”
Marco Nappolini, “The perils of a Living Wage,” Pieria, December 16, 2013.
Lars Christensen. “There is a Pragmatic (but not a Libertarian) Case for a ‘Basic Income Guarantee’”.
Aynur Bashirova – January 2013 Lars Christensen, in his article published in the Market Monitarist, presents Milton Friedman’s idea of “negative income tax” in light of the arguments about BI brought forward by his friend Matt Zwolinski. Friedman had monetarist and...
Karl Widerquist, “The Alaska Model: a citizens income in practice”
The idea of a basic income for all citizens is often seen as a utopian dream. But, as this article explains, 'the Alaska Dividend' has existed for more than thirty years, and is immensely popular to this day. Karl Widerquist is an Associate Professor at SFS-Q,...
Jeff Carter, “Should We Have A Basic Income Guarantee? Does Capitalism Have Limits?
Jeff Carter, “Should We Have A Basic Income Guarantee? Does Capitalism Have Limits?” Points and Figures, December 15, 2013.
Stefan Ziller, "11 days to go: Basic Income on Church Day"
[Michael Millar] Info: Stefan Ziller, "Noch 11 Tage: Grundeinkommen auf dem Kirchentag [11 days left: Basic Income on Church Day]", 100 für Grundeinkommen, January 3 2014.
Grundeinkommen Garantiert, “Guaranteed lifetime income and real solutions”
[Michael Millar] Grundeinkommen Garantiert, "Lebenseinkommen Garantiert und Echte Lösungen [Guaranteed lifetime income and real solutions]", Grundeinkommen Garantiert, October 12 2013.
