Research posts
Here you will find notices about research and research results relating to Basic Income
Citizens Income Trust (UK), The Citizen's Income Newsletter, Issue 3 for 2012
The latest edition of the Citizens Income Newsletter contains an editorial, the research note: “A Citizen’s Income scheme’s winners and losers” by Malcolm Torry, a review essay: “The message of James Robertson’s Future Money” by Conall Boyle,” book reviews, a viewpoint: “Why Austerity is the Wrong Answer to Debt” by Geoff Crocker, and more.
Broadbent Institute, The "Towards a More Equal Canada: A Report on Canada’s economic & social equality."
On p. 21, guaranteed income is discussed .... We should consider the idea of a guaranteed minimum income. Tom Kent, the late social policy giant who was the architect behind the Pearson-era reforms that shaped modern Canada, left behind a plea to look at such an...
Hirsch, Donald. Does the tax and benefit system create a ‘couple penalty’?
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation has published a new report, Does the tax and benefit system create a ‘couple penalty’? 'The use of the MIS [Minimum Income Standard] scale, which uses research into minimum living costs to show greater economies of living in a couple...
Adam, Stuart and James Browne, Reforming Council Tax Benefit
The Institute for Fiscal Studies has published a report, Reforming Council Tax Benefit, which reviews the Government’s plan to localise Council Tax Benefit: ‘Universal Credit is intended to simplify the benefit system by reducing the number of different benefits that...
Garcia, Marito and Charity M. T. Moore. The Cash Dividend: The rise of cash transfer programs in Sub-Saharan Africa
The World Bank has published a report, The Cash Dividend: The rise of cash transfer programs in Sub-Saharan Africa, by Marito Garcia and Charity M. T. Moore. The authors conclude: ‘Much can already be learned from Sub-Saharan Africa’s experience with cash transfer...
Quiggin, John. “The Golden Age: The 15-hour working week predicted by Keynes may soon be within our grasp—but are we ready for freedom from toil?”
This article reviews Keyne’s 1930 prediction that economic growth would so make possible the 15-hour workweek. The author, John Quiggin, argues that the failure of the prediction to come true happened not because of a failure of economic growth but because of policy...
Welch, Mary Agnes “An End to the Perpetual Welfare Trap: Guaranteed Incomes Debated.”
In the article published in Winning Free Press, Mary Agnes Welch argues that an experiment done in Dauphin province of Canada around 40 years ago regarding the experiment of unconditional basic income was a success and should be reapplied. The topic was discussed in a...
Ryckaert, Pierre-Yves (2012), Revenu de base… utopie ou nécessité?
This opinion piece is published on the website of the French-speaking RTBF, the Belgian Public Broadcast. Its author, Pierre-Yves Ryckaert, is one of the founders of the Belgian basic income network, which was recently recognized by BIEN (September 2012). In this...
DORLING, Danny (2012), The no-nonsense guide to equality…
This new book by Danny Dorling (University of Sheffield) includes a 8 pages discussion of basic income in the British context. Dorling seems to be very supportive of the idea, including at EU-level: "Imagine how much money would be saved", he writes, "if a basic...
BLASCHKE, Ronald (2012), From the Idea of a basic income to the political movement in Europe
This publication by Ronald Blaschke is issued by the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, tbe Berlin-based research centre of the left-wing party Die Linke. It includes the following sections: Short history of the idea of a basic income in Europe and the US The idea of a basic...
Stern, Erik “Growing need for fairness and respect. Negative income tax is better than welfare or workfare for the unemployed”
SG Hard Truth: Hard Truths to Keep Singapore Going, July 24, 2012 This article argues that negative income tax is a bold alternative that fits Singapore better than other policies. Erik Stern writes, the negative income tax, “lets the labour market determine the wage...
Samuel, Peter, “Local equity & citizen dividends proposed in variant on P3s – investment fund P3s or IP3s”
Toll Road News, July 8, 2012 This article proposes creating an Alaska-style sovereign wealth fund out of toll road fees and using the returns to the fund to pay dividends to citizens. Online at: https://www.tollroadsnews.com/node/6041
