Jax Blunt, “Basic income – a solution to welfare?”
Jax Blunt, “Basic income – a solution to welfare?” Making it Up. January 14, 2014.
Matthew Feeney, “Scrap the Welfare State and Give People Free Money”
Matthew Feeney
Author’s summary, “A guaranteed income would reduce the humiliations of the current welfare system while promoting individual responsibility.”
Matthew Feeney, “Scrap the Welfare State and Give People Free Money,” Reason.com, November 26, 2013.
Joseph Finlay, “Free Money for All – The Only Way Forward on Welfare”
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Joseph Finlay
In this article Finlay summarizes a wide range of key arguments for the basic income and suggests the implementation of a £10,000 basic income for all adults in the UK as a solution to issues with current welfare spending. Finlay then outlines a funding plan for the proposed reform.
Joseph Finlay, “Free Money for All – The Only Way Forward on Welfare,” Huffington Post, January 1, 2014.
Lena Lavinas, “21st Century Welfare"
Summary: Latin America as laboratory for conditional cash transfers, fast becoming the hegemonic social-protection paradigm for the Global South. In a comparative survey, Lena Lavinas reveals the CCT model as a strategy for the financialization—not abolition—of poverty. The conclusion of the article compares CCTs to UCTs (Unconditional Cash Transfers).
Lena Lavinas, “21st Century Welfare,” New Left Review Vol. 84, November/December 2013.
Daniel Greenfield, “A Basic Income Guarantee is Never Going to Substitute for the Welfare State”
Daniel Greenfield, “A Basic Income Guarantee is Never Going to Substitute for the Welfare State,” The Frontpage Mag, December 14, 2013.
BIEN Congresses
The 24th BIEN CONGRESS in Maricá & Niterói – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – 27-29 August 2025
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BIEN2024 was August 29–31 (Pictures and more coming soon)