by Yannick Vanderborght | Oct 3, 2012 | News
The first two sessions are now available as replay, both slides and audio. Here are the links: (You may need to Control Click on the URL or copy and paste into your browser.)
August 5 – Session One – https://instantteleseminar.com/?eventid=33395637
I. Economics and Conscious Evolution – series overview; Module 1 of Land Rights online course; land rights and the person/planet relationship; PROUT’s social psychology and evolution of the social cycle.
Guest Speakers: Michael Towsey (Australia), Acharya Santosananda (India)
September 2 – Session Two – https://attendthisevent.com/?eventid=32626596
II. The Wealth Divide – poverty and economic inequality within the US and Africa; The Enclosures; the “resource curse” and the corruption of economics; the “law of rent”; addressing the land problem; cooperatives.
Guest Speakers: Gordon Abiama (Nigeria), Acharya Maheshverananda (Venezuela)
Date, theme and speakers for upcoming Session Three:
October 7
III. Sharing the Commons – separative consciousness and genocide; unity consciousness and commoning; property rights paradigm shift; land value capture and commons trusts; jubilee justice public finance policies; sharing and caring for each other and the world’s resources.
Guest Speakers: Kevin Annett (Canada), Lisinka Ulatowska (Netherlands)
Date and Time: Sunday, October 7th at 4:00pm Eastern, 1:00pm Pacific, 9:00pm UK
(For other time zones you can go to the online World Clock.)
To attend go to:
https://InstantTeleseminar.com/?eventID=33631509
PIN Code (session ID): 090366# (if required)
This mode of access enables you to listen to the webcast and view the slides. You may communicate with us via typing into the Question and Answers box.
To prepare for Session Three you may scroll through Module Three of the Land Rights Course here: https://www.course.earthrights.net Your free Land Rights course access is included with the teleseminar. This is the password: earthrights. Please let us know if you have any difficulty accessing the course.
Also, please do your best to find time to view HIDDEN NO LONGER, a film about our guest speaker Kevin Annett and the Canadian genocide of Native American children who attended church and state sponsored schools. Http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=9vNW9meqny4&feature=endscreen
We suggest that you print out this page and post it as a reminder to join us on October 7th.
Thank you for your interest in the Sustainable Economics Teleseminars!
From co-hosts Wendell Fitzgerald and Alanna Hartzok and the Conscious Evolution Teleseminar Group.
(If you are not yet registered for this teleseminar series you may do so by contacting alanna(at)earthrights.net)
by Karl Widerquist | Oct 3, 2012 | Research
In the article published in Winning Free Press, Mary Agnes Welch argues that an experiment done in Dauphin province of Canada around 40 years ago regarding the experiment of unconditional basic income was a success and should be reapplied. The topic was discussed in a conference hosted by Winnipeg Harvest at University of Manitoba. The experiment provided an unconditional basic income guarantee to every low-income person in Dauphin whether or not they were eligible to receive welfare. The results of the Dauphin experiment showed an improvement in health, a lower high school dropout rate, and people did not stop working just because they were receiving a guaranteed income. The experiment was stopped because the government lost interest in it. Welch further informs that the city of Dauphin is interested in having the experiment again. However, it does not fit the new strategy of the government that follows the policy of moving people back to work.
Welch, M. A. (2012). An End to the Perpetual War Trap: Guaranteed Incomes Debated. Winning Free Press, retrieved from: https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/an-end-to-the-perpetual-welfare-trap-167004295.html.
by Karl Widerquist | Sep 30, 2012 | News
CALL FOR PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS
Basic Income and Economic Citizenship
Twelfth Annual North American Basic Income Guarantee Congress
Thursday May 9th to Saturday May 11th, 2013
Sheraton Hotel and Towers, New York City
The Twelfth Annual North American Basic Income Congress, Basic Income and Economic Citizenship, will take place in New York City on Thursday, May 9th through Saturday, May 11th, 2013. The congress is organized by the U.S. Basic Income Guarantee Network (USBIG) in cooperation with the Basic Income Canada Network (BICN/RCRG), and will be held in conjunction with the Annual Meeting of the Eastern Economic Association (EEA). Attendees at the North American Basic Income Congress are welcome to attend any of the EEA’s events.
The North American Basic Income Congress (NABIG Congress) was originally the USBIG Congress, and was organized by the USBIG Network. It became a joint event of the USBIG Network and BICN/RCRG in 2010. Since then, it has been a NABIG Congress held on alternate years in the United States and Canada. Previous NABIG congresses have been held in Montréal, Toronto, Boston, Washington, Philadelphia, and New York City.
Featured speakers of this year’s NABIG Congress include Sheri Berman, Barnard College, author of The Primacy of Politics: Social Democracy and the Making of Europe’s Twentieth Century; and Jurgen De Wispelaere, University of Montréal, co-editor of The Ethics of Stakeholding.
USBIG and BICN/RCRG promote discussion and research on the idea of a basic income—an unconditional guaranteed minimum income that provides a basic but decent standard of living to all. Scholars, activists, and others are invited to propose papers and organize panel discussions on the basic income guarantee or other topics related to poverty and the distribution of wealth and income, including but not limited to:
- strengthening economic citizenship through universal grants and other measures;
- democratizing the economy through budget, tax, and labor market reform;
- building consensus around measures that promote equality;
- models and cost estimates for universal grants;
- issues of gender and the family;
- social justice;
- political prospects for universal grants in North America and around the world; and
- lessons from local pilots, programs, and initiatives.
All points of view are welcome, and proposals from any discipline are invited. To present a paper, organize a panel, or display a poster at the congress, submit a proposal to the congress organizer, Almaz Zelleke of USBIG, at azelleke@gmail.com.
Please include the following information with your proposal:
1. Name(s)
2. Affiliation(s)
3. Address
4. City, Province/State, Postal/Zip Code, and Country
5. Telephone
6. Email Address(es)
7. Paper/Presentation/Panel/Poster Title
8. Abstract or description of 50-150 words
DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS: November 30th, 2012
Proposals for panel discussions should include a title, topic, and description of the panel and the information above for each participant. If the participants in a panel discussion are not presenting formal papers, the title of the paper and abstract may be omitted. Panels should be limited to no more than four presentations.
REGISTRATION:
Attendees and presenters at the NABIG conference must register with EEA. USBIG participants, who are not economists, can register for $95, a discount of $60 off the regular price of $155. NA-BIG who are economists should become full members of the EEA and pay the full price. The EEA has set up a special online payment system.
For economists: https://eeaorg.myshopify.com/products/usbig-registration-academic
For non-economists: https://eeaorg.myshopify.com/products/usbig-registration-non-academic
MORE INFORMATION:
For updated information on featured speakers, registration, and accommodations as it becomes available, visit the USBIG website at www.usbig.net. For more information about the EEA Annual Meeting, visit the EEA website at https://www.ramapo.edu/eea/2013/.
by Karl Widerquist | Aug 11, 2012 | Research
In this recent article, published in the commentary section of the National Post, Canadian Senator Hugh Segal writes about income security, which he considers to be the elephant in the room of the debate surrounding employment insurance reforms.
Segal also highlights the income security issues inherent in government transfer programs and equalization, the Quebec student protests, and working-age poverty rates. As a way forward, the article suggests that the premiers’ Council of the Federation in Canada should consider launching their own initiative on income security which could lead to a more open discussion about income security, poverty and solutions to these unaddressed issues. Senator Segal also suggests a discussion about a basic income floor that could obviate other government programs that he asserts are unbalanced, expensive, and unable to address the root causes of presenting issues.
This article is online at https://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2012/06/10/hugh-segal-governments-cant-ignore-income-security-forever/
by Karl Widerquist | Aug 2, 2012 | Research
In an article published on the Bloomberg View site, Robert and Edward Skidelsky discuss the perils of relying on markets to secure the livelihood of members of a society and the need to diminish the incentives to work. They argue that full employment can be achieved by decreasing work hours per person and increasing the percentage of the population employed. For those not able to be employed or low-wage workers, they propose a basic income paid by the government. The authors note the major objections to basic income of work disincentive and cost, however, reject both on the grounds that: if the goal is not economic growth but securing good lives, de-incentivizing work is a positive outcome; and wealthy societies are able to afford the costs of a basic income. Skidelsky and Skidelsky assert, “an unconditional basic income, in the form of a single capital endowment or a guaranteed annual income, would start to give all workers the same choice as to how much work to do, and under what conditions — a privilege now possessed only by the wealthy.” Finally, they conclude the article by recommending a redistributive consumption tax to divert resources from consumption to societal betterment.
This article is available at: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-07/too-much-faith-in-markets-denies-us-the-good-life.html and is an excerpt from their new book, “How Much Is Enough? Money and the Good Life,” which will be published on June 19 by Other Press.
