Research posts
Here you will find notices about research and research results relating to Basic Income
Heteconomist.com, “A BIG Justification Under Capitalism”
Heteconomist.com, “A BIG Justification Under Capitalism,” Heteconomist.com: Thoughts from the economic heterodoxy, 27 October 2013.
Jillian Steinhauer, “An Artist’s Plan to Get Everyone in Switzerland Paid”
Jillian Steinhauer, “An Artist’s Plan to Get Everyone in Switzerland Paid,” Hyperallergic, November 13, 2013.
Maniza Naqvi and Marcelo Giugale, "Mineral Wealth Can Finance Direct Dividend Payments to Citzens"
[Craig Axford] According to the Word Bank's Maniza Naqvi, Alaska and Iran have something important in common: they both use revenues generated from their mineral resources to provide direct payments to their citizens. World Bank economist Marcelo Guigale, also...
Tim Kreider, “The ‘Busy’ Trap”
The author connects the way out of the busy trap to BIG, writing, “My old colleague Ted Rall recently wrote a column proposing that we divorce income from work and give each citizen a guaranteed paycheck, which sounds like the kind of lunatic notion that’ll be...
Shanta Devarajan, “Let Them Eat Cash”
Shanta Devarajan, “Let Them Eat Cash,” World Bank: Future Development, October 29, 2013.
Canada: Bruce Stewart, “Canadian Senator Hugh Segal and his guaranteed income plan”
[Craig Axford] This article discusses Conservative Canadian Senator Hugh Segal who continues to advocate for a basic income guarantee. According to Senator Segal an income floor would encourage more entrepreneurship, enhance consumer spending, and provide a top up...
Megan McArdle, “Canadian Test Shows Income Guarantees Don't Work”
Megan McArdle, “Canadian Test Shows Income Guarantees Don't Work,” Bloomberg, Nov 16, 2013.
Sean Coughlan, "Would $4,000 make poor children more clever?"
Sean Coughlan, "Would $4,000 make poor children more clever?" BBC News, 13 November 2013.
Kahleej Times, “The basic income movement”
According to this article, ‘Growing unemployment and rising poverty levels in the developed world has led to the re-emergence of a movement calling for “unconditional basic income”, where the state provides a monthly pay cheque to every adult seeking some income.’...
David Kestenbaum, “What Happens When You Just Give Money To Poor People?
[Craig Axford] New research coming out of MIT’s Poverty Action Lab provides additional evidence that unconditional grants given to the poor tend to be spent in constructive ways. Carol Bellamy, a former UNICEF director, stated that she was “impressed” by the results...
Andrew Dolan, “Time for a Basic Income”
Andrew Dolan, “Time for a Basic Income,” Red Pepper Blog, 7 November 2013.
Joshua M. Patton, ‘Would Switzerland's "Income for All" Proposal Work in the United States?’
Joshua M. Patton, ‘Would Switzerland's "Income for All" Proposal Work in the United States?’ Opposing Views, November 13, 2013
