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 […]
“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 […]
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 […]
Book review by Mathew D. Rose Universal Basic Income, or UBI as it is abbreviated, is without a doubt a popular topic. The problem is that behind the emotional hype there is a lot of […]
Universal Basic Income is a topic where the jury is still out. Adam Corlett raises a number of important questions. By Adam Corlett, Senior Economic Analyst at the Resolution Foundation Cross-posted from the Resolution Foundation […]
The need to revamp Western capitalism has brought renewed attention to Modern Monetary Theory (MMT), a school of thought that offers an important and bold perspective on economics and policy solutions. Read here
Some people think universal basic income is a utopian impossibility. Others think it’s dangerous. So there’s a proposal for another solution: universal basic services. Instead of giving people money, why not guarantee all of the […]
Book review by Mathew D. Rose According to Bill Mitchell the book’s original title was “Reclaiming the Nation State”. The progressive publisher wanted the word nation removed. The term “Nation State”, claimed the publisher, was […]
We have posted a number of articles concerning Universal Basic Income – pro and contra. In this posting Karl Brenke, using Germany as an example, comes to the conclusion that UBI is not economically feasible […]
While sovereign governments (those that issue their own currency) can certainly afford a UBI, simply throwing money at a problem, instead of addressing its root cause presents serious concerns. Read here
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