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Wispelaere, Jurgen De and Lindsay Stirton, “The Politics of Unconditional Basic Income: Bringing Bureaucracy Back In”
Feb 10, 2013 | Research
Abstract: We challenge the view, typically assumed by advocates of unconditional basic income (UBI), that its administration is uncontroversial. We identify three essential tasks which, from the point of view of the administrative cybernetics literature, any income...
Crocker, Geoff, “Opinion: So what’s really wrong with the economy?”
Feb 9, 2013 | Research
This article argues that the income gap is a source of the Britain’s financial weakness, and suggests Citizens Income as part of the solution.
Widerquist, Karl “Commentary: Let's change the way Alaska Permanent Fund pays dividends”
Feb 8, 2013 | Research, The Indepentarian
This commentary argues that Alaska should change the formula for calculating its yearly Permanent Fund Dividend (Alaska’s basic income) to create more stable dividend payments.
Mora Cortés, A. F. (2012), 'Social Policy and Social Transformation…'
Feb 5, 2013 | Research
In this paper, Andrés Felipe MORA CORTÉS criticizes the "contribution principle" in order to rediscover the transforming dimension of the social policy in the process of configuring a society that ensures the “right to existence”. Progress, the author argues, must be...
Howard, Michael W. “Want the public to heed global warming threats? Cap carbon emissions, pay dividends to everyone”
Feb 5, 2013 | Research
This op-ed piece argues that a good solution to global warming is to cap carbon emissions, auction off the rights to them, and distribute the revenue as a dividend (sort of a carbon-based basic income). Howard, Michael W. “Want the public to heed global warming...
Hansen, James, “Storms of My Grandchildren’s Opa”
Feb 3, 2013 | Research
In this article, James Hansen, head of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, endorse a fee-and-dividend approach to greenhouse gas emissions reduction. This approach includes a small basic income. Hansen, James, “Storms of My Grandchildren’s Opa.”...
Miller, Anne G. “A rule-of-thumb basic income model for the UK, with and without an earnings/income disregard: Design and cost your own Basic Income scheme”
Feb 2, 2013 | Research
This article demonstrates how a BI scheme can be designed to fulfill a set of stated objectives according to given priorities, such as redistribution, poverty prevention, work incentives, and so on. It provides a simple, illustrative model, with partial and full BIs...
Sheahen, Allan, Basic Income Guarantee: Your Right to Economic Security, Palgrave Macmillan, July 2012
Dec 25, 2012 | Research
According to the publisher, “A Basic Income Guarantee (BIG) is the unconditional government-ensured guarantee that all citizens will have enough income to meet their basic needs without a work requirement. Significant questions include: Why should we adopt a BIG? Can...
Matthews, Dylan “Obama doesn’t want to just write welfare recipients checks. But what if we did?”
Dec 24, 2012 | Research
This opinion piece from the Washington Post favorably discusses basic income in light of Mitt Romney’s erroneous statement, “Under Obama’s plan, you wouldn’t have to work. You wouldn’t have to train for a job. They just send you your welfare check.” The author...
Lind, Michael, “Thank you, Milton Friedman”
Dec 22, 2012 | Research
This article shows how “conservatives’ economic hero” helped make the case for a form of basic income guarantee.
Jordan, Bill, “An income of one’s own: the citizen’s income”
Dec 20, 2012 | Research
In an obvious reference to Virginia Wolf, author Bill Jordon argues that the current economic crisis provides are great opportunity for basic income because there is now widespread recognition that the whole tax and benefit system is malfunctioning Jordan, Bill, “An...
Ernst, Kelly, “Poverty reduction strategies are wrong-headed”
Dec 18, 2012 | Research
This article argues the a form of basic income guarantee would work better than Canada’s current poverty-reduction strategies. Ernst, Kelly, “Poverty reduction strategies are wrong-headed,” The Record, 23 October 2012...
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