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Thomas G. Clark, “The What is…? Series, Number 14: What is…Universal Basic Income?”

by Karl Widerquist | Feb 6, 2014 | Research

Another Angry Voice

According to the author, the objective of this series is to try to explain seemingly complex socio-economic theories and concepts in everyday language and show how these concepts are being misused, abused and ignored by governments and powerful international organisations.

The article briefly defines basic income, explains a list of arguments in favour and a list of arguments against. It then discusses basic income’s relationship with several political ideologies including socialism, left- and right libertarianism, and free market capitalism.

Thomas G. Clark, “The What is…? Series, Number 14: What is…Universal Basic Income?” Another Angry Voice, October 13, 2013.

This article was reposted as, “Overview of Basic Income – Another Angry Voice” on Basic Income UK, April 7, 2014.

The What is...? Series

Living Income Guaranteed, “EU’s Basic Income Petition: What NOW?”

by Karl Widerquist | Feb 3, 2014 | Research

The author begins with the question, “285,041 people signed for the Universal Basic Income Petition in Europe but why didn’t it reach the million?”

Living Income Guaranteed, “EU’s Basic Income Petition: What NOW?” Living Income: Perfecting Capitalism, January 16, 2014.

R.C. Smith, “On the Basic Income Law, Economic Democracy, Participatory Economics, and the Importance of the Commons in the 21st Century”

by Karl Widerquist | Jan 26, 2014 | Research

From Heathwood Press

AUTHOR’S SUMMARY: Over the past few weeks I’ve had the privilege of engaging with a number of people both in formal discussions and on Heathwood’s comment boards regarding a range of issues. These issues span from the structural problems of capitalism and the idea of the basic income law through to an alternative philosophy of social change, the questionable meaning of ‘social progress’, and potential social-economic alternatives. The following article, which I’ve broken down into a few different sections, carries forward these discussions in light of arguments made in: Gunn & Wilding, ‘Occupy as Mutual Recognition’, ‘Revolutionary or Less-Than-Revolutionary Recognition’; Gunn, Wilding & Smith, ‘Alternative horizons – understanding Occupy’s politics’; Michael Ott, ‘Something’s Missing: A Study of the Dialectic of Utopia in the theories of Theodor W. Adorno and Ernst Bloch’; as well as R.C. Smith, ‘A series of essays on an alternative philosophy of social change’, ‘In defense of Occupy’s politics’, ‘Russell Brand, the question of revolution and why we need more than an abstract, grand narrative of social change’.

R.C. Smith, “On the Basic Income Law, Economic Democracy, Participatory Economics, and the Importance of the Commons in the 21st Century”, Heathwood Press, December 18, 2013,

Jesse Myerson, "Five Economic Reforms Millenials Should Be Fighting For: Guaranteed Jobs, Universal Basic Incomes, Public Finance and More"

by Karl Widerquist | Jan 9, 2014 | Research

[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.