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Lesley Riddoch: How to battle Trump beyond protest and petition

Lesley Riddoch: How to battle Trump beyond protest and petition

Donald Trump is an international disgrace.

His imposition of “enhanced security measures” this weekend meant citizens from seven countries with a history of terrorism were suddenly banned from entering the USA. The 5-year-old son of an Iranian passport-holder was detained on his own for hours at Dulles airport. Twelve refugees fleeing persecution because of their work aiding American forces were denied entry at JFK. Iraqi translator Hameed Khalid Darweesh had waited three long years to get the precious visas needed to save his family.

Hamaseh Tayari, a postgraduate veterinary student at Glasgow University was stranded on holiday in Costa […]

Degree of preparation needed for jobs market

Degree of preparation needed for jobs market

Minister for Education and Skills Richard Bruton TD speaking at the IPPN Conference at CityWest Hotel in Dublin alongside President Maria Doyle. The robots are coming to take a job near you soon. This was one of the final predictions from outgoing US president Barack Obama who talked about the "relentless pace of automation that will make many jobs obsolete".

Today’s school leavers need a good degree of preparation for this rapidly changing world. They will live longer than their parents and will have to learn to adapt to disruptive changes in work patterns. A new report from McKinsey estimates […]

Universal basic income can be disastrous for India; here’s why

Universal basic income can be disastrous for India; here’s why

The MNREGA natural experiment shows how corruption and mis-targeting of social security programmes may distort the labour markets, and reduce the employment assurance programs to providing a free basic money for a large section of rural populace. (Reuters) The recent announcement by Guy Standing, that India would soon endorse a universal basic income (UBI) comes as a big shocker. The Independent, further reports that Standing who has worked on several UBI pilot projects in India is very confident of its success, especially since the Scandinavian nation, Finland has already started the experiment with 2,000 unemployed people, each receiving 560 […]

Home Universal basic income’s policy design dilemmas

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These are heady times for the Indian welfare state. Comments by government officials have renewed hope that a universal basic income, or a variant thereof, is under serious consideration. Presenting the state’s budget earlier this month, Jammu and Kashmir finance minister Haseeb Drabu proposed a targeted basic income in the form of cash transfers. Articulating a more critical view, Niti Aayog vice-chairman Arvind Panagariya, in a recent interview, stated that India simply lacked the fiscal room to deliver a universal basic income benchmarked to the poverty line. Chief economic adviser Arvind Subramanian had indicated in September that the Economic […]

France’s new Socialist presidential candidate supports basic income, marijuana legalization

France’s new Socialist presidential candidate supports basic income, marijuana legalization

Benoît Hamon, riding to victory from left-wing obscurity on a radical proposal to a pay all adults a monthly basic income, will be the Socialist Party candidate in France’s presidential election after handily beating ex-prime minister Manuel Valls in a primary runoff vote on Sunday.

Hamon’s win sends the divided Socialists, weakened by the chronic unpopularity of outgoing President François Hollande, into a tough presidential battle behind a candidate with limited government experience and hard-left politics that could alienate some centre-left Socialist voters.

With ballots counted at 60 per cent of polling stations, Hamon had almost 59 per cent of the […]

51% of all job tasks could be automated by today’s technology

Automation in the workplace has been one of the looming existential threats to American workers for years now. And with each new study published, the fear of robots, machines, and artificial intelligence coming to take our jobs ticks higher.

But a new report from McKinsey finds that the future of work and automation isn’t quite the zero-sum game when it comes to jobs as some perceive.

Right now, 51% of job activities could be automated with “currently demonstrated” technology, the McKinsey report says. The distinction is noteworthy: McKinsey isn’t saying half of all jobs can be automated with existing technology, but […]

Dublcheck Franchising Guaranteed Income And Life Flexibility

Dublcheck Franchising Guaranteed Income And Life Flexibility

Dublcheck gives franchisees a guaranteed income and the flexibility to have a life as well. John and Jan Power tell us why they’re so happy with the Dublcheck commercial cleaning franchise

When John and Jan Power decide they want to do something, you can be pretty sure it’s going to happen. The husband and wife team, who have been married for 48 years, decided to quit their jobs as an insurance broker and a librarian 17 years ago.

WORKING TOGETHER dublcheck franchising opportunity As Jan explains: “We had an insane idea to do something together, something to do with food […]

French socialists choose Benoit Hamon as presidential nominee

French socialists choose Benoit Hamon as presidential nominee

Far-left candidate easily beats Valls in primary as Fillon struggles over scandal

Benoit Hamon, who yesterday saluted “the living, vibrant left” and promised to unite socialists and ecologists. Photograph: Christophe Archambault/AFP/Getty Images The French Socialist Party on Sunday chose Benoit Hamon (49), a rebel from the far left of the party, by a wide margin to represent them in the first round of the presidential election on April 23rd.

Mr Hamon won the nomination with 58.65 per cent of the vote to 41.35 per cent for the former prime minister Manuel Valls , with 60 per cent of votes […]

France’s Benoit Hamon, a Socialist ‘dreamer’

France's Benoit Hamon, a Socialist 'dreamer'

Benoit Hamon on January 29, 2017, at his campaign headquarters in Paris (AFP Photo/Christophe Archambault) Paris (AFP) – Benoit Hamon, who clinched the presidential nomination for the French Socialist party on Sunday, believes his bold economic and environmental ideas can revitalise the left — without scaring off voters.

The 49-year-old, whose signature proposal is the introduction of a universal basic income, easily beat centrist ex-prime minister Manuel Valls in a primary run-off.

"Tonight the French left is holding its head high, is turning to the future and wants to win," Hamon said.The former education minister was seen as an outsider three […]

Universal basic income’s policy design dilemmas

Universal basic income’s policy design dilemmas

The combination of a unique Aadhaar number linked to biometric data has barely improved targeting for the PDS in Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Gujarat. Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint These are heady times for the Indian welfare state. Comments by government officials have renewed hope that a universal basic income, or a variant thereof, is under serious consideration. Presenting the state’s budget earlier this month, Jammu and Kashmir finance minister Haseeb Drabu proposed a targeted basic income in the form of cash transfers. Articulating a more critical view, Niti Aayog vice-chairman Arvind Panagariya, in a recent interview, stated that India simply […]