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L'Hirondelle, C.A. “What's in a Name: Livable or Basic Income or ?”
Sep 13, 2012 | Research
Liveableincome.org, August 6, 2012 Cindy L’Horondelle argues in this article that “basic income” should best be called “livable income.” https://www.livableincome.org/abasicquestion.htm
Nunatsiaq News “Editorial: What do the people need? Money”
Sep 12, 2012 | Research
Nunatsiaq News, July 31, 2012 This article addresses the high cost of food in Nunavut, Canada’s far northern native territory. It argues that the government cannot control food prices, but it can and should put more money in people’s pockets to buy food by creating a...
McKibben, Bill, “Global Warming's Terrifying New Math: Three simple numbers that add up to global catastrophe – and that make clear who the real enemy is”
Sep 11, 2012 | Research
Rolling Stone Magazine, July 19, 2012 Bill McKibben endorsed "fee and dividend" in response to global warming in his latest piece in Rolling Stone. It’s online at: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/global-warmings-terrifying-new-math-20120719
L'Hirondelle, C.A. “Guaranteed Income Makes Fertile Ground For Green Ideas”
Sep 10, 2012 | Research
Liveableincome.org, July 23, 2012 This article discusses the possibility that working less, sharing jobs, or reducing the workweek will benefit the environment, communities, and people's health, and argues that a guaranteed income would help make all kinds of 'work...
Howard, Michael W. “The poor are just like everyone else”
Sep 9, 2012 | Research
Bangor Daily News, Bangor, Maine, June 25, 2012 This article discusses some of the lessons about poverty and BIG the author took away from attending the NABIG Conference in Toronto last May. Find it at:...
Kaletsky, Anatole, “How about quantitative easing for the people?” Reuters: Opinion, August 1, 2012
Sep 8, 2012 | Research
In an opinion piece on its Reuters blog, British columnist and economist Anatole Kaletsky effectively endorses a one-time basic income as a fair and more effective version of central banks “quantitative easing” programmes. Kaletsky shows how the United States created...
Howard Michael W. “Cap Carbon Emissions and Pay Dividends to Citizens—A Strategy to Unite Americans Against Global Warming.”
Sep 7, 2012 | Research
This policy brief from Scholars Strategy Network argues for a carbon cap and dividend strategy to address global warming. This strategy would cap carbon emissions, sell the rights to emit carbon, and distribute the revenue from carbon permit sales as a citizens...
CAPUTO, Richard K. (ed.) (2012), Basic income guarantee and Politics…
Sep 3, 2012 | Research
For several years now, Palgrave Macmillan has been putting together a book series on the basic income guarantee. The series, “Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee,” has just released a new book edited by Richard K. Caputo (Yeshiva University, US) on the political...
Flanigan, Jessica “BHL’s & UBI’s [Bleeding Heart Libertarian’s and Universal Basic Income’s]
Aug 28, 2012 | Research
Bleeding Heart Libertarianism April 30, 2012 This article appears on the popular right-libertarian blog, Bleeding Heart Libertarians. In it the author discusses four libertarian arguments for Universal Basic Income (UBI). First, UBI is compensation for coercively...
Finneman, Teri, “Bonus holiday edition Ask Your Government”
Aug 27, 2012 | Research
The N.D. Capitol and Beyond: The latest North Dakota state news, July 3, 2012 In this article Teri Finneman, of the Forum Communications Company, argues that even though North Dakota is now the second largest oil producer in the United States, it is not in position to...
van den Bosch, Servaas, “Basic Income Grant: ‘Let Others Taste What We Have Tasted’”
Aug 26, 2012 | Research
Inter Press Service News Agency, Feb 16 2011 Servaas van den Bosch interviews Bertha Hamases, one of the recipients of the Basic Income pilot project, which took place in rural Namibia over the last three years and ended this spring. In the interview Hamases argues...
L'Hirondelle, C.A. “Vested Interests as a Barrier to Societal Change"
Aug 25, 2012 | Research
This article argues that the most logical way to address the harm from vested interests that are seriously impeding our ability to make positive social, economic and environmental change is by implementing a universal livable income. It’s online at:...
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