Research posts
Here you will find notices about research and research results relating to Basic Income
Ryan Ross, “NDP calling for increased minimum wage, guaranteed income”
Ryan Ross, “NDP calling for increased minimum wage, guaranteed income,” the Guardian, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, November 14, 2013.
Chris Stucchio, “Modelling a Basic Income with Python and Monte Carlo Simulation”
Chris Stucchio, “Modelling a Basic Income with Python and Monte Carlo Simulation,” Chris Stucchio Blog: Models help you understand why you disagree, Nov 13, 2013.
Rob Rainer, “To Rescue the Middle Class, Ensure Basic Income”
Rob Rainer, “To Rescue the Middle Class, Ensure Basic Income,” The BIG Push Campaign, October 29, 2013.
Basic Income UK, “Ten Reasons to Support Basic Income”
[Craig Axford] Changing the way we think about our work and contributing to better working conditions are just a couple of the reasons Basic Income UK argues we should be supporting a basic income guarantee. To review the complete list please use the link provided...
Tyler Cowen, "What are some of the biggest problems with a guaranteed annual income?"
Tyler Cowen, "What are some of the biggest problems with a guaranteed annual income?" Marginal Revolution, November 14, 2013.
Keith Wagstaff, "Why the U.S. government should send you $3,000 for doing nothing"
[Craig Axford] In this opinion piece, Keith Wagstaff states that Switzerland will be the first developed nation to adopt a basic income guarantee (BIG) should voters there approve it. If that happens, Wagstaff argues it may force other countries, including the United...
British Politics and Policy at LSE, “Five minutes with Robert Skidelsky: ‘Capitalism is a means to an end, the end being lifting humanity out of poverty in order to enable it to lead the good life’”
British Politics and Policy at LSE, “Five minutes with Robert Skidelsky: ‘Capitalism is a means to an end, the end being lifting humanity out of poverty in order to enable it to lead the good life,’” British Politics and Policy at LSE, November 7, 2013.
Stuart White, “Citizen ownership: the lost radicalism of the centre?”
This article discusses the extremes of global wealth inequality and connects the issue with basic income and related policies. Stuart White, “Citizen ownership: the lost radicalism of the centre?” Our Kingdom, 8 November 2013.
Ketterer, H., Bossard, E., Neufeind, M., Wehner, T. “Gerechtigkeitseinstellungen und Positionen zum Bedingungslosen Grundeinkommen. [For and against the unconditional basic income: a matter of differences in justice attitudes and life goals?]”
ABSTRACT: Since the launch of the referendum on an Unconditional basic income (UBI) in April 2012 a lively debate is being held on the possibility of a society with UBI. The proposal to introduce a basic in- come without means-testing receives strong support as well...
Matthew C. Klein, “Why Work If a Machine Takes Your Job?”
Matthew C. Klein, “Why Work If a Machine Takes Your Job?,” Bloomberg, Nov 13, 2013.
Brian Merchant, “Guaranteeing a Minimum Income Has Been a Utopian Dream for Centuries”
This article briefly surveys the history of the basic income idea from the early Islamic period to modern Switzerland. Brian Merchant, “Guaranteeing a Minimum Income Has Been a Utopian Dream for Centuries,” Motherboard, November 15, 2013.
Henning Melber, “Rich region, poor people”
This article discusses the recent Basic Income Grant pilot project as a strategy to address the great inequality experienced in most southern African countries. Henning Melber, “Rich region, poor people,” D+C, October 25, 2013.
