Studies in Poverty and Inequality Institute,
"Report on SADC-wide Basic Income Grant: Alternatives to financing
SADC-wide Basic Income Grant," KASA, June 11, 2013, The
report is online at:
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&ved=0CEAQFjAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Fccs.ukzn.ac.za%2Ffiles%2FSADC%2520BIG%2520Conference.pdf&ei=VcCZUpWbGePiywONsoKwCQ&usg=AFQjCNFVmDoi8IsY6QDMVJRF8FHf7MqvbA&sig2=q53gOcla6oE8zE3DxGCfXA&bvm=bv.57155469,d.bGQ
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LiveMint & The Wall Street Journal, "A universal basic income for all Indians"
Taking inspiration from the Swiss referendum, this article argues for BIG in India, claiming, "the idea is to help the poor and ensure that government intervention is minimized."
LiveMint & The Wall Street Journal, "A universal basic income for all Indians." Hindustan Times, November 25, 2013. http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/lrBg4qDddoKgtlx1zgNwQJ/A-universal-basic-income-for-all-Indians.html
Tim Kreider, "The "Busy' Trap"
The author connects the way out of the busy trap to BIG, writing, "My old colleague Ted Rall recently wrote a column proposing that we divorce income from work and give each citizen a guaranteed paycheck, which sounds like the kind of lunatic notion that'll be considered a basic human right in about a century, like abolition, universal suffrage and eight-hour workdays."
Tim Kreider, "The "Busy' Trap," The New York Times Opinion Pages, June 30, 2012. http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/30/the-busy-trap/?_r=0
The Economist, "The check is in the mail: A government-guaranteed basic income"
This article begins a rather philosophical discussion of basic income with the following, "What if America were to scrap all its anti-poverty programmes--welfare, food stamps, unemployment benefits, the works--and replace them with an unconditional basic income (UBI) for everybody? Even in a Congress beset by less extraordinary levels of dysfunction, the idea would have little chance of becoming law. It's fun to theorise, though. And if Switzerland approves a referendum to send all of its citizens $2,800 a month, the debate will have a fascinating new reference point."
The Economist, "The check is in the mail: A government-guaranteed basic income," The Economist, Nov 19th 2013. http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2013/11/government-guaranteed-basic-income
Annie Lowrey, "Switzerland's Proposal to Pay People for Being Alive"
[Ian Orton]
News of the forthcoming Swiss referendum on the Basic Income proposal continues to make inroads in the popular press; this time across the Atlantic where The New York Times features this important political moment in a positive light. The article runs through the manifold arguments in favour of the idea, elaborates on the different types of proposal that could come into being (i.e. unconditional/means tested), how it appeals both to left and right persuasions, and charts its historical roots both in North America and elsewhere. Significantly, the author recognises its potential and how it could make sense in the United States too (i.e. helping to address its current social ills such as stagnant wages, high and stubborn long term employment): "If our economy is no longer able to improve the lives of the working poor and low-income families, why not tweak our policies to do what we're already doing, but better -- more harmoniously? It's hardly uplifting news, but minimum incomes just might be stimmig ["coherent, harmonious and beautiful'] for the United States too'. More importantly still, the author senses the idea may just sneak into the Swiss system. Such a hunch reflects a discernable quickening and intensification of the momentum gathering behind the Basic Income proposal.
Annie Lowrey. "Switzerland's Proposal to Pay People for Being Alive". The New York Times, November 12, 2013:
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