by Karl Widerquist | Dec 9, 2014 | Research
This book is a personal and family memoir, of Christopher Balfour—youth employment officer, independent councilor, writer, mechanic, octogenarian, and long-term basic income advocate. The book discusses British industrial self destruction and contains a plea for less inequality. It describes the author’s involvement with the Citizen’s income concept when he was involved in Politics and with the Youth Employment Service in the 1970s. The final chapter sums up its value based on the Balfour’s experience since 1970.
Christopher Balfour, Learning from Difference. Tricorn Books. 2014.
See also the author’s website.
Learning from Difference
by Toru Yamamori | Nov 24, 2014 | News
[Toru Yamamori]
Pete Higgins has opened an e-petition on “Replace the Benefit System with a Universal Basic Income for all” in HM Government. If it would collect more than 100,000 signatures until its closing date March 30, 2015, this petition could be discussed in the House of Commons. There are 233 signatures at this stage.
To read the original site for the petition, see:
https://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/71633
by Josh Martin | Nov 7, 2014 | Research
[Josh Martin]
Torry’s post provides a very well informed picture of current social policy in the UK, and attempts to envision what societal changes will occur in the next few decades. He highlights the flexibility of the labor market and the changing nature of households to show that the social policies need to change. He then explains the benefit and longevity of the NHS and Child Benefit before then arguing for a Citizen’s Income (also named a basic income) as the right choice for the future of income maintenance.
Malcolm Torry, “Policy Briefing: Basic Income – A Benefits System For Our Society, Today and Tomorrow”, Discover Society, 30 September 2014.
(Source: Discover Society)
by Josh Martin | Oct 25, 2014 | News
[Josh Martin]
On Thursday October 30th at 7pm in London there will be an event hosted by the New Putney Debates with Barb Jacobsen, Coordinator of the European Citizens’ Initiative in the UK, Duncan McCann, who works on the EU funded Community Curency in Action project, and Ben Baumberg, who is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Kent.
The event will be held at the University of London, Institute of Education, University of London, 20 Bedford Way, London WC1H 0AL, UK.
For more information on the event, click here.
by Toby | Oct 24, 2014 | Research
Automation
Edurne Speirs, “A Universal Basic Income: the real alternative for the technological age”, The News Hub, 2014 September 24
