Research posts
Here you will find notices about research and research results relating to Basic Income
Liebermann, Sascha "Prospects of an Unconditional Basic Income"
Club of Amsterdam Journal, Issue 150, July 2012 This article discuss BIG, its growing political momentum in Germany, and the difficulty of getting it onto the mainstream political agenda. Online at: https://www.clubofamsterdam.com/press.asp?contentid=864
Segal, Hugh. “Governments can’t ignore income security forever.” National Post [Canada] June 8, 2012
In this recent article, published in the commentary section of the National Post, Canadian Senator Hugh Segal writes about income security, which he considers to be the elephant in the room of the debate surrounding employment insurance reforms. Segal also highlights...
Thompson, D. R. “Turn the Fed on its Head.”
In this article published in World Without War, D. R. Thompson proposes several ideas to replace the existing ideas and systems all of which support capitalism and benefit few. Thompson suggests creating a centrally planned, cooperatively managed, separate from...
Pascal, J. “The Imperative Need for Social Dividends.”
In this article published in Natural Finance, Pascal J. argues that giving social dividends to citizens would benefit society and economy alike. Social dividend is a variation of basic income given to citizens to meet their basic needs. According to Pascal, this will...
Kreider, Tim. “The ‘Busy’ Trap.”
In this article, published in New York Times: The Opinion Pages, Tim Kreider argues that in the 21st Century America everyone is busy and this is considered to be a good thing. However, according to the author this is a self-imposed business that gives people an...
Tillmann Heidelk, Henrike Maier, and Michiel van Hulten “Social Justice in Europe: The Unconditional Basic Income (UBI) as a Model for the Future”.
A Survey by Europe & Me and FutureLab Europe, conducted for the Europe@debate at the European Foundation Center Conference in Belfast, 7 June 2012. This article is about a survey conducted in April-May 2012 among 464 young Europeans concerning the social justice...
Skidelsky, Robert & Edward Skidelsky Too Much Faith in Markets Denies Us the Good Life. Bloomberg View, Online. Jun 8, 2012
In an article published on the Bloomberg View site, Robert and Edward Skidelsky discuss the perils of relying on markets to secure the livelihood of members of a society and the need to diminish the incentives to work. They argue that full employment can be achieved...
Hennessey, Trish “How to Fix Income Inequality.” Behind the Numbers, June 6th, 2012
Trish Hennessy recently published a short article on the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives blog that included a variety of expert opinions on how to reduce income inequality. A wide range of solutions were presented within the 16 quotes that were used in the...
AKKAYA, YUKSEL “Is Basic Income against Capitalism? Part II”
In this article, in the Turkish Internet journal called Mavi Defter (which translates as “Blue Notebook”), Yuksel Akkaya argues that even the politicians who speak on the side of basic income are not ready to spend enough money to support it. He further stresses that...
Hickel, Jason: “Can South Sudan learn from the Alaska model?”
In this op-ed, Jason Hickel, argues that Sudan should create a sovereign wealth fund paying regular dividends. South Sudan, is a very poor country with substantial oil resources, most of which are yet to be fully tapped.
Angner, Erik: “Health care policy libertarians go for”
This op-ed compares defends Obamacare to libertarians by stressing libertarian economist, F.A. Hayek’s views on basic income and universal healthcare. “There is no reason,” Hayek wrote according to Angner, “why in a free society, government should not assure to all protection against severe deprivation in the form of an assured minimum income …
AKKAYA, YUKSEL “Basic Income against Capitalism? Part I”
In this article, in the Turkish Internet journal called Mavi Defter, Yuksel Akkaya argues that basic income is seen as a method to fight against capitalism and poverty. This article is the first in the series of three. Basic income is something that questions the...
