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USBIG NewsFlash Vol. 15, No. 72, March-April 2014

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Andrew Coyne, "Raising minimum wage won't help end poverty but giving the poor more money will," National Post, January 27, 2014. http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2014/01/27/andrew-coyne-raising-minimum-wage-wont-help-end-poverty-but-giving-the-poor-more-money-will/

 

Andrew Dolan, "Do They Owe Us a Living? 7 Reasons the Universal Basic Income is Worth Fighting For"

PUBLISHER'S SUMMARY: "The Universal Basic Income (UBI) -- sometimes called the Unconditional Basic Income, Citizens' Income or Social Wage -- has in recent times become a focus of economic discussion across the political spectrum. While column inches in the Financial Times and The Economist have been racking up, academics such as Stuart White have been articulating how valid cases for the UBI can be made from communist, liberal and republican perspectives. Here Andrew Dolan offers 7 reasons why the UBI should matter to people who want to move beyond capitalism."

Andrew Dolan, "Do They Owe Us a Living? 7 Reasons the Universal Basic Income is Worth Fighting For," Novara Wire, 17-02-2014. http://wire.novaramedia.com/2014/02/do-they-owe-us-a-living-7-reasons-the-universal-basic-income-is-worth-fighting-for/

 

Andrew MacLeod, "Eighteen Ways to Shrink Inequality"

[Craig Axford]

SUMMARY: There are a number of ways to successfully deal with the issue of inequality, and they are not mutually exclusive.  Among them, a guaranteed livable income, which comes in as recommendation number 8 in this article.

 

Andrew MacLeod, "Eighteen Ways to Shrink Inequality", The Tyee, February 4, 2014. http://thetyee.ca/News/2014/02/04/Shrink-BC-Inequality/

 

Arlene Goldbard, "Deceleration & Sustainability"

This Blog reacts enthusiastically to remarks by Adrienne Goehler, who called for a basic income grant as a universal right in her concluding keynote for Staging Sustainability 2014.

Arlene Goldbard, "Deceleration & Sustainability," Arlene's Blog. February 21, 2014. http://arlenegoldbard.com/2014/02/21/deceleration-sustainability/

Bloomberg View, "The Working Poor Get Their 15 Minutes"

[Craig Axford]

SUMMARY: President Obama is proposing to significantly expand the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC).   This program arose out of conservative economist Milton Friedman's idea of a negative income tax (a form of BIG) and has traditionally enjoyed bipartisan support.

Bloomberg View, "The Working Poor Get Their 15 Minutes" , Bloomberg View, March 4, 2014. http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-03-04/the-working-poor-get-their-15-minutes

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