by Yannick Vanderborght | Dec 18, 2013 | Research
On December 18th, 2013, the BBC News published a lengthy article about the referendum on basic income to be held in Switzerland. According to the BBC, “the anger among many Swiss voters at the news that some of their biggest banks, such as UBS, had continued paying top executives huge bonuses while also reporting huge losses” played a role in facilitating the collection of signatures in favour of basic income. In this context, the author argues, “it was easy to gather the 100,000 signatures to hold the vote on universal income”. But there is still a long road ahead. In particular, “Swiss business leaders have reacted with dismay” to the basic income proposal.
The article can be read online.
by Karl Widerquist | Dec 15, 2013 | Research
Guy Standing, “India’s Experiment in Basic Income Grants,” Global Dialogue: Newsletter for the International Sociological Association Volume 3, issue 5, 2013.
by Karl Widerquist | Dec 14, 2013 | Research
Guy Standing, “The precariat needs a basic income,” the Financial Times, Nov 21, 2013.
Economic Policy Institute via the Financial Times
by Yannick Vanderborght | Dec 10, 2013 | Research
Deborah Padfield, “Through the eyes of a benefits adviser: a plea for a basic income,” Our Kingdom, 5 October 2011.
by Craig Axford | Nov 28, 2013 | Research
[Craig Axford]
Changing the way we think about our work and contributing to better working conditions are just a couple of the reasons Basic Income UK argues we should be supporting a basic income guarantee. To review the complete list please use the link provided below.
Basic Income UK, “Ten Reasons to Support Basic Income”, Basic Income UK, November 2013: https://basicincome.org.uk/reasons-support-basic-income/
