[Josh Martin]
Tchnerneva writes in response to a post by Matt Yglesias where Yglesias criticizes the idea of a job guarantee. Tchnerneva’s article focuses on defending the job guarantee and, in the process, attacking the basic income guarantee.
Pavlina Tcherneva, “16 Reasons Matt Yglesias is Wrong about the Job Guarantee vs. Basic Income,” New Economic Perspectives, January 16, 2014.
Tim Harford, “The robots are coming and will terminate your jobs”, The Undercover Economist, December 31, 2013
[Josh Martin]
In this article, Myerson makes a call to arms for Millenials to stand behind five economic reforms: guaranteed work for everyone, a universal basic income, land-value taxes, more sovereign wealth funds, and public banks in every state. According to Myerson, Millenials are disheartened by the economy and harbor “a level of suspicion” towards capitalism, leading to an “egalitarian impulse” that may translate into support for these reforms.
Jesse Myerson, “Five Economic Reforms Millenials Should Be Fighting For: Guaranteed Jobs, Universal Basic Incomes, Public Finance and More,” Rolling Stone, January 3, 2014.
"Fast-food workers protest outside of a Burger King in Los Angeles," Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg via Rolling Stone
Elliot Sperber, “Toward a Salutary Political-Economy – Freedom from Jobs” Heathwood Press, November 13, 2013.
Heathwood Press
Matthew C. Klein, “Why Work If a Machine Takes Your Job?,” Bloomberg, Nov 13, 2013.
If this is what the future looks like, who is going to have a job? Photographer: Vladimir Weiss/Bloomberg New