Category: Basic Income

There have been few good things to come out of COVID-19. We’ve seen a genuine sense of community spirit emerge along with greater respect for blue-collar workers in the front line. In the UK, we’ve seen another less obvious shift: an emerging commitment to the idea that all citizens within a country should enjoy a basic minimum income. While some conservative politicians may hate the idea, the UK has come close to creating a system of Universal Basic Income (UBI). This seems a radical departure from the welfare regimes that we have become accustomed to over the last seven […]

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David Delaney – Point of View The clock’s tick signalling the countdown to the Oct. 17 Nova Scotia municipal elections is now more loudly heard as that election date draws closer.

We, the voters, should consider using this opportunity to seek from our would-be mayors, wardens and councillors their respective positions on the relevant issues. I deliberately use the word “positions” as opposed to “answers” for a very good reason. Answers to political questions are never easily obtainable and policy choices amount to most acceptable options and not solutions. The later are illusory, the reality of politics being that whatever […]

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U.S. Rep Jerrold Nadler [photo provided by Daniel Schwarz] U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-Bronx) turned heads last Tuesday when she endorsed incumbent U.S. Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens) in his reelection bid.

The two New York congresspeople represent opposing wings of the Democratic party. Nadler, an old guard establishment liberal, has represented the district for almost thirty years. Ocasio-Cortez represents the party’s younger progressive and socialist insurgency which has dedicated itself to shifting the Democratic party further left and electing younger, more diverse officials.

“He’s respected and admired by progressives…I’m glad to have Jerry as a friend, a colleague and […]

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Mike Perry, left, with members of the Toronto law firm of Cavalluzzo LLP. A class action lawsuit initiated by four people from Lindsay who were once on the Ontario Basic Income Pilot moves one step further along this week. The court will decide over June 25-25 in Lindsay if there is “legitimate claim” for such a lawsuit to proceed. The launch of the class action lawsuit by local plaintiffs at the Days Inn in Lindsay. Mike Perry, a local lawyer and social worker, initially took on the task of launching the class action lawsuit on behalf of Dana Bowman, […]

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WASHINGTON — After the first three presidential nominating contests, Joe Biden and the pragmatic wing of the Democratic Party easily beat Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, and the progressives pushing for big, structural change.

But on Tuesday, progressives have the opportunity to strike back with some wins of their own.

That’s when progressive candidates — from New York to Kentucky — have chances to score victories over establishment/moderate/pragmatic Democrats, including the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.In Kentucky, progressive African-American state Rep. Charles Booker — who supports Medicare for All, the Green New Deal and Universal Basic Income — appears to […]

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currency Fife could be one of the test pilots for project which could give every citizen a basic income.

The region is one of three which will assess the benefits, and impact, of the proposal from the Citizens Basic Income (CBI) Trust which aims to simply the benefits system.

The £186m pilot would run for three years,would give everyone a basic income regardless of their wealth, work status or personal situation.The Trust argues it could provide a better understanding of how a universal basic income could impact on poverty, child poverty, unemployment, health and financial wellbeing.On Thursday, Fife’s policy and cp-ordination […]

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COVID-19 has led to a marked increase in positive discussion of Universal Basic Income in political and media circles. Yet we do not know whether there has been a corresponding increase in support for the policy in the public at large, and if so why. Daniel Nettle presents two studies on this question carried out in April and May 2020. The results illustrate how the pandemic has brought about shifts in policy preferences, through changes in citizens’ perceptions of what is important.

When Harold Macmillan was asked what causes governments to change course, he is said (perhaps apocryphally) to […]

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Contact: Chris Roper, Source: Investoo Group The COVID-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on our daily lives, our ability to interact and our financial structures and security. Blockchain technology has been around for over a decade, and there are now thousands of projects that seek to utilize its limitless potential to solve some of the world’s most pressing issues.

Coin Journal has assembled a veteran team of experts in the field of cryptocurrency and financial technology, to gain some valuable insights into what the world may look like after the COVID-19 pandemic has passed. Globally, we can only hope […]

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I recently interviewed Steven Shafarman about his new book, “Our Future: The Basic Income Plan for Peace, Justice, Liberty, Democracy, and Personal Dignity.”

Let’s get this disclaimer out of the way: Your “Our Future” was released by RealClearPublishing, our new book imprint, so I suppose I have a conflict of interest. Not really. Under RealClear’s hybrid publishing model, almost all the royalties from book sales go to me, so you’re off the hook, Carl.

All right, then, let’s get started, Steve. The place to begin is probably this: What’s the standard working definition of Universal Basic Income? The […]

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