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Belgium’s chance for a welfare system revision
Like almost every European country, Belgium is facing declining trends of confirmed coronavirus cases. Its government...
Review of Charles Murray’s “In Our Hands: A Plan to Replace the Welfare State,” from 2009
This Review was originally published in the Review of Political Economy, December 6, 2009. It's reproduced here as...
Brazilian Emergency Workers Aid: the short-term response that exposes a structural problem.
When, at the end of February 2020, the first case of COVID-19 was registered in Brazil, unemployment, job insecurity...
Common Questions About Basic Income
What is a Basic Income? A Basic Income is a periodic cash payment unconditionally delivered to all on an individual...
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Challenges facing the implementation of an emergency Basic Income in the United Kingdom
As in countries all over the world, a significant effect of the social distancing and other measures that the UK...
Emergency Basic Income during the Coronavirus crisis
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Spain may issue ‘permanent’ basic income to fight COVID-19
Reports are emerging that Spain is hoping to deploy a “permanent” basic income type program in the near future. Spain aims to respond to the economic crisis from the global coronavirus pandemic.
The Fall and Rise of the Basic Income Movement: My personal reflections after following it for 40 years
Forty years ago today—February 7, 1980—was a small milestone for the Universal Basic Income (UBI) movement: Milton and...
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Three big misconceptions about Yang’s Freedom Dividend
As US presidential candidate Andrew Yang continues to outperform expectations, his signature policy proposal, the Freedom Dividend or UBI, is receiving increased scrutiny. Some of the criticisms are well warranted, while others are misconceptions based on a flawed understanding of how basic income would operate.
Housing prices are an obstacle to universal income
There is a fear that a disproportionate part of Universal Basic Income would be paid to housing. Under current circumstances, a large portion of the income is paid to rent. A person UK in 2019, if receiving benefits only, in many cases is paying over fifty percent of their income for housing. If UBI was to come into effect, it is possible the same problem would occur.
My failure to change Canada’s basic income narrative
A journey to convince the Liberal Party of Canada to include a promise to implement basic income as a commitment to the electorate should they win re-election.
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Elisabeth May. Picture credit to: Mission City Record. Elisabeth May, Canada’s Green Party leader has spoken...
Exporting the Alaska Model: An early version now available for free download
An early version of the book, Exporting the Alaska Model, is available for download for the first time. This is...
Free version of the book, “Alaska’s Permanent Fund Dividend: Examining its Suitability as a Model” available for the first time
An early version of a book, Alaska's Permanent Fund Dividend: Examining its Suitability as a Model, is now available...
The book, “The Ethics and Economics of the Basic Income Guarantee:” Free Version available
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Canada: Research on advantages of Canada Child Benefit
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