by Yannick Vanderborght | May 20, 2014 | News
On 7 June 2014, Basic Income Ireland organizes its “Summer Forum 2014”. Yannick Vanderborght (Saint-Louis University Brussels & Louvain University), will speak on transnational cooperation in the campaign for basic income and on recent developments in the theory and politics of basic income. His presentation will be followed by a participatory discussion.
For further information and registration (free of charge), click here.
7 June 2014, 1 to 5 PM, Carmelite Community Center – 56 Aungier Street, Dublin 2
by Josh Martin | Feb 14, 2014 | Research
Social Justice Ireland, “Basic Income – Why and How in Difficult Economic Times: Financing a BI in Ireland,” Social Justice Ireland, September 14, 2012.
by Karl Widerquist | Jan 19, 2014 | Research
[Josh Martin]
In this presentation, John Baker, a member of Basic Income Ireland, outlines a basic income policy suggestion for Ireland. After exploring some of the core benefits of adopting a basic income, Baker suggests paying for the basic income through a gross tax of 45% on all other income.
John Baker, “Basic Income in Ireland: An idea whose time has come,” Basic Income Ireland, January 9, 2014.
Basic income Ireland
by Karl Widerquist | Dec 26, 2013 | News
This blog has a lot of posts about basic income, all of which can be found at the following tag: https://malcolmhenry.com/tag/basic-income/
Views from the Boatshed
by Yannick Vanderborght | Nov 7, 2013 | Research
Tom Boland, TheJournal.ie
Switzerland is considering the introduction of a Basic Income scheme, which would guarantee a standard benefit income to every citizen, regardless of need. Tom Boland looks at how that system would work in Ireland. Tom Boland lectures in Sociology at Waterford Institute of Technology, and is co-ordinator of the Waterford Unemployment Experiences Research Collaborative.
Tom Boland, “Column: Should every citizen receive an unconditional basic income?” TheJournal.ie, October 30, 2013.
