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

By Karl Widerquist  Posted by Scott Baker (about the submitter)       (Page 17 of 29 pages) Become a premium member to see this article and all articles as one long page.   No comments

 

Dolan's article, the third in a series on the universal basic income (UBI), covers the multiple ideological arguments for a UBI.   By describing the conservative, progressive, and libertarian perspectives on the UBI, Dolan shows that there is room for compromise between the three camps and that a coalition could emerge if such a compromise is reached.

 

Ed Dolan, "A Universal Basic Income: Conservative, Progressive, and Libertarian Perspectives," Economonitor, January 27, 2014. http://www.economonitor.com/dolanecon/2014/01/27/a-universal-basic-income-conservative-progressive-and-libertarian-perspectives-part-3-of-a-series/#sthash.JRNW20BT.dpuf

 

Ethics & International Affairs, "Norway's Sovereign Wealth Fund and Global Justice: An Exchange"

[Josh Martin]

 

This article contains four detailed responses to an article written by Chris Armstrong about Sovereign Wealth Funds and global justice. The responses are by Oliviero Angeli, Andreas Follesdal, Angela Cummine, and Paul Segal. Some of the discussion involves the possibility of distributing oil revenue in the form of a dividend basic income guarantee.

 

The Editors, "Norway's Sovereign Wealth Fund and Global Justice: An Exchange," Ethics & International Affairs, January 24, 2014. http://www.ethicsandinternationalaffairs.org/2014/norways-sovereign-wealth-fund-and-global-justice-an-exchange/

 

Frances Fox Piven, "Extreme Poverty Has Been Used to Divide and Terrify Working People for Centuries

SUMMARY: In this excerpted chapter, scholar Frances Fox Piven argues that the guarantee of a universal income would facilitate a new economic fairness and stability to a financial system careening out of control. This article is an excerpt from her chapter in a book entitled, Imagine Living in a Socialist USA, a new book from edited by Frances Goldin, Debby Smith and Michael Steven Smith; published by HarperCollins, 2014.

Frances Fox Piven, "Extreme Poverty Has Been Used to Divide and Terrify Working People for Centuries," TruthOut. 23 February 2014.

 

GleninCA, "Instead Of Raising The Minimum Wage, Progressives Should Push For A Universal Basic Income."

GleninCA, "Instead Of Raising The Minimum Wage, Progressives Should Push For A Universal Basic Income." Daily Kos, Feb 26, 2014. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/02/26/1280330/-Instead-Of-Raising-The-Minimum-Wage-Progressives-Should-Push-For-A-Universal-Basic-Income

 

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