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Basic Income Guarantee: USBIG NewsFlash Vol. 14, No. 70, Fall 2013

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Common Dreams staff, "Swiss Showing the World How to Take on Pay Inequality" Common Dreams, Saturday, October 5, 2013: http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/10/05

Ivan Botoucharov, "The Abolition of Poverty in Switzerland: A Template for Europe?" One-Europe, 04 Oct 2013: http://one-europe.info/the-abolition-of-poverty-in-switzerland-a-template-for-europe

Anna Edwards, "Streets of Basel paved with gold: 15 TONS of five cent coins are dumped on city's streets as protesters demand a basic minimum income for every Swiss household," The Mail Online, 4 October 2013: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2443812/Streets-Basel-paved-gold-15-TONS-cent-coins-dumped-citys-streets-protesters-demand-increased-minimum-wage.html. This story includes pictures of how the coins were assembled to be dropped during the demonstration in Bern.

Jameson, "Swiss to Vote on Whether to Give a $2,800 Monthly Income to Every Citizen," ClassWarfareExists.com, 5 Oct 2013: http://www.classwarfareexists.com/swiss-to-vote-on-whether-to-give-a-2800-monthly-income-to-every-citizen/

Richard Cook, "Swiss in Forefront With Basic Income Proposal," Global Research,

6 October 2013: http://www.globalresearch.ca/swiss-in-forefront-with-basic-income-proposal/5353952

Rubin Report, "Switzerland Might Guarantee A $2800 Monthly Income for All Adults," The Rubin Report, Oct 14, 2013: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyKBVsiuiHc (Preview)

Adam Taylor, "Switzerland Mulls Giving Every Citizen $2,800 a Month," Business Insider, Slate, Oct. 19 2013: http://www.slate.com/blogs/business_insider/2013/10/19/swiss_government_giveaway_2_800_a_month_for_all_citizens.html

Ivan Botoucharov, "The Abolition of Poverty in Switzerland: A Template for Europe? The success of a "Basic Income' campaign in Switzerland provides momentum to an equivalent EU initiative." One: Society, Democracy, Europe, 04 Oct 2013: http://one-europe.info/the-abolition-of-poverty-in-switzerland-a-template-for-europe

Josh Eidelson, "Rather than savage cuts, Switzerland considers "Star Trek' economics: Switzerland will vote on giving every adult in the country a $2,800 check every month. How would that work?" Salon.com. Friday, Oct 11, 2013: http://www.salon.com/2013/10/11/rather_than_savage_cuts_switzerland_considers_star_trek_economics/

 

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Karl Widerquist, Jose Noguera, Yannick Vanderborght, and Jurgen De Wispelaere (editors), Basic Income: An Anthology of Contemporary Research

 

Basic Income: An Anthology of Contemporary Research presents a compilation of six decades of Basic Income literature. It includes the most influential empirical research and theoretical arguments on all aspects of the Basic Income proposal. According to the publisher, it presents the best theoretical and empirical arguments for and against Basic Income. It includes unpublished and hard-to-find articles. It is the first major compendium on one of the most innovative political reform proposals of our age. It explores multidisciplinary views of Basic Income, with philosophical, economic, political, and sociological views. It features contributions from key and well-known philosophers and economists, including Tony Atkinson, James Buchanan, Milton Friedman, Erick Fromm, Andre Gorz, Claus Offe, Philip Pettit, John Rawls, Herbert Simon, Philippe Van Parijs, and many more.

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