Elise Klein, “Securing Economic Rights, The Time Has Come”
Elise Klein, “Securing Economic Rights, The Time Has Come“, Green Agenda, 28 April 2015
Jennifer M. Mays, “Countering disablism: an alternative universal income support system based on egalitarianism”
Abstract:”The long-term vision of economic security and social participation for people with a disability held by disability activists and policy-makers has not been realized on a global scale. This is despite the implementation of various poverty alleviation initiatives by international and national governments. Indeed within advanced Western liberal democracies, the inequalities and poverty gaps have widened rather than closed. This article is based on findings from a historical-comparative policy and discourse analysis of disability income support system in Australia and the Basic Income model. The findings suggest that a model such as Basic Income, grounded in principles of social citizenship, goes some way to maintaining an adequate level of subsistence for people with a disability. This article concludes by presenting some challenges and a commitment to transforming income support policy.”
Jennifer M. Mays, “Countering disablism: an alternative universal income support system based on egalitarianism,” Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research, 2015.
Judith S. Willis. “Response to Interim Report: Review of Australia’s Welfare System.”
SUMMARY: Changes to Australia’s income support system over time have resulted in unintended complexities, inconsistencies and disincentives for some people to work. Achieving a simpler and sustainable income support system should involve a simpler architecture, a fair rate structure, a common approach to adjusting payments, a new approach to support for families with children and young people, effective rent assistance, and rewards for work and targeting assistance to need. The paper argues that a preferred alternative for achieving these goals would be Basic Income.
Judith S. Willis. “Response to Interim Report: Review of Australia’s Welfare System.” Australian Government, Department of Social Services, August 2014
Don Arthur, “Why can’t we have a simple welfare system?”
The author outlines the technical and political challenges in regards to enacting a basic income.
Don Arthur, “Why can’t we have a simple welfare system?”, Australian Review of Public Affairs, 2014 September
Shane Greenup, “Surviving as an entrepreneur.”
SUMMARY: This article address the question of how difficult it is for most people to pursue entrepreneurial activities. It concludes by arguing for a Universal Basic Income, “If everyone had access to a guaranteed income which would be sufficient to ensure food and rent, then you would empower innumerable people to take the risks necessary to chase their startup dreams, and push forward on them relentlessly until they succeeded, or at least exhausted their own confidence. You would empower the exploration of ideas which may seem crazy, but also might just change the world. … No human has ever made it all on their own. We are a social species, and we depend on each other for everything. Let’s accept that fact and empower as many people as possible, and make the world a better place for everyone.”
Shane Greenup, “Surviving as an entrepreneur.” Shane’s Soapbox, Jun 11, 2014
