To celebrate BIEN’s thirtieth anniversary, a number of interviews were carried out with Executive Committee members and a variety of other people involved in the global Basic Income debate. The Executive Committee is planning to repeat the exercise at some point in the future.
- An Interview with Tim Dunlop (Part Two)
Interview by Scott Jacobsen *Conducted via email with minor edits.* The economy has shifted into high gear for knowledge and ability, the currently labeled Knowledge Economy concomitant with the Fourth Industrial Revolution. How has this affected inequality based on standard metrics of knowledge and ability, such as credentials from post-secondary institutions in relevant disciplines?… Read more: An Interview with Tim Dunlop (Part Two) - An Interview with Tim Dunlop (Part One)Interview by Scott Jacobsen *Conducted via email with minor edits.* You write on the future of work. What is the future of work? Where will humans find meaningful and fulfilling lives with or without work? The future of work will see continued technological pressure on the paying jobs that humans do. This will… Read more: An Interview with Tim Dunlop (Part One)
- BIEN Stories: Louise Haagh
Louise Haagh (BIEN Co-Chair) I first came across basic income in summer of 2001 when instructed about it by Workers’ Party Senator Eduardo Suplicy, at his home in São Paulo. I was doing research on workers’ rights, at the same time undertaking a survey of economic security among residents in poor and middle-income districts (published… Read more: BIEN Stories: Louise Haagh - Looking Back on 30 Years of BIEN: Stories from Life Members
At the end of 2016, the year in which BIEN turned 30, Life Members recount their personal journeys with BIEN and the basic income movement. - BIEN Stories: Karl Widerquist
(photo credit: Enno Schmidt) Karl Widerquist (Co-Chair) When I first attended a BIEN Congress in 1998, I’d already been a Basic Income supporter for 18 years, but it was exhilarating for me just to find out that there were enough dedicated Basic Income supporters to fill an auditorium. I was a young researcher looking… Read more: BIEN Stories: Karl Widerquist
