by Josh Martin | Jan 20, 2016 | News
Kane’s article focuses on Ellie Harrison’s project in Glasgow where she has received £15,000 from Creative Scotland to fund a year-long exploration of an artist’s livelihood in one city. While many have critiqued Harrison’s project as a waste of money, Kane believes it is setting the tone for future discussions about similar basic incomes for all citizens, not just Harrison.
Pat Kane, “Is the ‘Glasgow Effect’ within control of those with no power in their lives?”, The National, 9 January 2016.
by Josh Martin | Jul 27, 2015 | News
Geoghegan’s article serves as a very thorough introduction to basic income. He begins by discussing the recent commitment to a basic income pilot project in Utrecht, the Netherlands, and he then continues within the Scottish context by interviewing two major academics on the subject, Danny Dorling and Malcolm Torry.
Peter Geoghegan, “Is a citizen’s income for everyone an idea whose time has come?”, The National, 13 July 2015.
by Toru Yamamori | Apr 16, 2015 | News
Pat Kane argues: “A basic income may be the way to support those displaced by robots and automation to develop their machine-resistant skills. It might also need a collective revaluing of those caring and creative skills in the first place. Which small nation can you think of that might be capable of such a patient and sustained revaluing? Right, first time.”
Pat Kane, “Terminal Redundancy in Digital Age”. The Scotsman, 26 January 2015.
by Toru Yamamori | Apr 15, 2015 | News
Professor Alisa McKay had been a feminist and a vocal advocate of BIG. She was not only a good academic but also a good campaigner. She died 5th March 2014. An obituary by Anne Miller is published in “Citizen’s Income Newsletter, Issue 2, 2014”. The commemorative conference for her took place in 22 and 23 January 2015, at Glasgow Caledonian University where she held her professorship.
by Toru Yamamori | Apr 13, 2015 | News
Scottish Greens has published their manifest for General Election on 7th May. It says: ‘In the longer term we will build a welfare system which removes the stigma of benefit, helps end the “poverty trap” and promotes equality. A Citizen’s Income is emblematic of this approach. A Citizen’s Income will require a reform programme replace almost all benefits apart from disability payments with a simple regular payment to everyone – children, adults and pensioners. The beginning of this system already exist with state pensions and Child Benefit.’
