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French socialist Benoit Hamon’s views on Utopia do not find favour with Ipswich MP Ben Gummer . Photo: AP Ipswich MP Ben Gummer’s weekly column looks at why the French Socialist Party is wide of the mark with its ideas of Utopia

I have a new namesake in politics – this time in France. On Sunday Benoît Hamon gained the candidacy of the French Socialist Party, a feat as remarkable as the capture of our own Labour Party by Jeremy Corbyn and the Republican nomination of Donald Trump.

Many false generalisations about the political mood have been made in the last […]

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Photo: Nick Pearce. Credit to: Bristol Festival of Ideas.

In this audio recording of a conversation, in front of a live audience at the Bristol Festival of Ideas on the 17 th of November, 2016, Louise Haagh , Anthony Painter , Nick Pearce and Torsten Bell discuss the pros and cons of the basic income idea, chaired by Jonathan Derbyshire .

In this talk, Anthony Painter, the Director of the Action Research Center at the RSA (Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce), starts by describing what he calls the “gig economy” (one economy driven by tasks, not […]

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The Chicago Council on Global Affairs has generously discounted tickets for current Kellstadt Graduate School of Business students to attend their signature events. If you would like to attend, please email Registration@thechicagocouncil.org stating you are a KGSB student and what event you are interested in attending. They will then provide you with the appropriate promo code to enter when registering. After receiving the promo code from Chicago Council on Global Affairs you will need to create an account/log in via the Chicago […]

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"Theory is easier than practice. Set the basic income too low, and far from empowering workers, it could act as a wage subsidy, allowing employers to hold salaries down, as many argue happened with tax credits. Too high, and while it might transform power relationships in the workplace, giving people the freedom to turn down low-paid work, it might prove a disincentive to working altogether. And that’s before we consider how it might be paid for."

Matt Booth

Unemployment is still quite high. If UBI was a reality, I’d work less then I do now. The company I work for is […]

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Basic needs NOVEMBER 8th was not just the day of Donald Trump’s election. It was also when Indians found out most banknotes would lose all value unless promptly exchanged. Ever since, many have expected their patience in enduring the ensuing chaos to be rewarded in some way. Might scrapped cash unredeemed by presumed tax-dodgers be recycled into a lump-sum payment to each and every citizen? Or would the annual budget, presented on February 1st, be full of giveaways ahead of a string of state elections? In the event, the budget was restrained to the point of dullness. But the […]

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FREE money for all! What a lovely idea, right? There are few people on the planet who would turn down some pocket money, gifted you from the state, with absolutely no strings attached.

In its simplest form, that’s what a Universal Basic Income (UBI) is. The idea that the government would provide every adult citizen a flat payment, regardless of their engagement in employment or skill building activities. This would be implemented as a replacement of the more common benefits and welfare programmes we see across the world.

The notion of money for nothing is always going to grab people’s attention. […]

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