Economics
Ben Tarnoff: How to think about the relationship between capitalism and the internet
Building a better story about the internet. Read here
Universal Basic Income
Deregulation
Guy Standing – Rentier Capitalism is Breeding Neo-Fascism
Faced with a crisis of awesome proportions, we must develop a strategy for re-embedding the economy in society. Guy Standing is Professorial Research Associate, SOAS University of London, Fellow of the UK Academy of Social […]
Economics
Renegade Inc: Guy Standing – Rentier Britain, All the rent goes to the 1%
There are three fundamental issues that lie at the heart of our current economic malaise: the first is unearned income and wealth from land rent, the second is the creation of money by privately owned […]
Austerity
GIMMS: Bill Mitchell, Randall Wray, Martin Watts – What makes a Healthy Economy and Society and How can it Best be Delivered?
The average citizen’s idea of what makes for his or her well-being probably includes a roof, safety, health and economic security. But how should governments steer their policy to achieve that end? By Bill Mitchell, […]
Finance
Anna Coote – Universal Basic Income: New Study Finds Little Evidence That It Can Live Up to Its Promise
Research reviews 16 projects across the globe Anna Coote is a Principal Fellow at New Economics Foundation Cross-posted from the New Economics Foundation Making regular cash payments to every individual in a country can help […]
Finance
Stewart Lansley – It’s Time to Build a Guaranteed Income Floor in the UK
Despite the Brexit discussion in the UK other topics are inexorably moving forward. In this piece Stewart Lansley provides new thoughts concerning Universal Basic Income. Stewart Lansley is a visiting fellow at London’s City University […]
Finance
Douglas Rushkoff – Universal Basic Income Is Silicon Valley’s Latest Scam
The plan is no gift to the masses, but a tool for our further enslavement David Rushkoff is the author of the upcoming book Team Human, and host of the http://TeamHuman.fm podcast. Cross-posted from Medium […]
Economics
Guy Standing – How the precariat – and UBI – can stop neoliberalism from destroying the planet
Taxes on exploiting the commons – both exhaustible and non-exhaustible resources – could be used to give people basic financial security. Dr Guy Standing is Professorial Research Associate, SOAS University of London, Fellow of the […]
Economics
Guy Standing – Basic income: a progressive road out of austerity
“A new distribution system is needed. Real wages will not rise by much, full-time well-paying jobs will not become the norm, the precariat will continue to grow. Progressives should stop pretending marginal adjustments would rectify […]
Finance
Serban V.C. Enache – Debunking UBI funding schemes
BRAVE NEW EUROPE has posted a number of articles concerning universal basic income – both for and against. In this piece Serban V.C. Enache confronts the supporters of universal basic income with a number of […]