Dr. Malcolm Torry, a British academic, has been a leading researcher on basic income for more than 40 years. As...
Dr. Malcolm Torry on Basic Income: History, Feasibility, and Societal Impact
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Review: Anton Jäger and Daniel Zamora Vargas, “Welfare for Markets: A global history of Basic Income”
The publisher describes this book as ‘an incisive, comprehensive history’ that ‘tells the story of how a fringe...
Taiwan Makes History with Universal Cash Payment Plan
Taiwan is making history by sending out a one-time universal cash payment of $6,000 New Taiwan dollars (NTD) to every...
Forthcoming book on the history of social psychiatry in the United States advocates for UBI
The First Resort "is a history of the rise and fall of social psychiatry that also explores the lessons this largely...
A comprehensive history of Basic Income
A comprehensive history of Basic Income is to be published this month. The publisher says this about the book: ...
The Prehistory of Private Property: Chapter-by-Chapter Summary
The book, the Prehistory of Private Property by Grant S. McCall an me, examines the origin and development of the...
A short history of BIEN
The origins: an idea, a collective, a prize. In the Autumn of 1983, Paul-Marie Boulanger, Philippe Defeyt and Philippe...
The Prehistory of Private Property: A video introduction to the new book by Karl Widerquist and Grant McCall
Warsaw Apteka Poland This short video introduces the new book, The Prehistory of Private Property, by Grant McCall and...
The History of the Appropriation Story
I'm posting chapters of my latest book project (The Prehistory of Private Property coauthored by Grant. S....
The Prehistory of Private Property
My latest book project (coauthored by the anthropologist, Grant S. McCall) is called The Prehistory of Private...
UK: Call for Papers announced for Cambridge conference on intellectual history of basic income
A team of three University of Cambridge scholars have released a CFP for a conference on the history of the idea of basic income, to be held on January 14, 2019.
HISTORY of UBI: From Hunter-Gatherers to the 21st Century
Investopedia published an article in May this year, “The Long, Weird History of Basic Income – And Why It’s Back” In...
Podcast: The largest basic income trial in history
Joe Huston, the CFO of GiveDirectly, speaks with the UBI Podcast about the largest basic income trial in history.
“A Brief History of the Idea That Everyone Should Get Free Cash for Life” (Mother Jones)
(Credit to: The American Prospect) Delphine d’Amora from Mother Jones has offered a brief history of the idea of basic...
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Help make history: Create the largest basic income pilot yet
Dear friends, The basic income movement is picking up momentum at an enormous rate, but even with past and present...
Scott Santens, “Everything You Think You Know About The History and Future of Jobs Is Likely Wrong”
Santens article eloquently discusses a recent report by David Autor of MIT on the history and future of work,...
A short history of the Basic Income idea
[The video that summarises the following in 8 minutes is here. ] No, the idea of an Unconditional Basic Income is not...
Universal Basic Income Europe, “A Brief History of Basic Income Ideas”
[Josh Martin] Universal Basic Income Europe (UBIE) provides an extensive overview of basic income ideas throughout...
Scott Santens, "A Brief History of Basic Income Ideas"
[Josh Martin] Santens provides a thorough timeline of basic income ideas dating from 1776 to now, including details on...