Several different version of this report were broadcast on
different NPR programs:
A 28-minute report was broadcast on This American Life:
David Kestenbaum and Jacob Goldstein, "Money for Nothing and Your
Cows for Free," as part of the one-hour episode, "I Was Just
Trying to Help", This
American Life, August 16, 2013:
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/503/i-was-just-trying-to-help?act=1#play
A 6-minute report was broadcast on Planet Money:
David Kestenbaum and Jacob Goldstein, "The Charity That Just Gives
Money to Poor People", Planet Money, August 23, 2013. http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2013/08/23/214210692/the-charity-that-just-gives-money-to-poor-people
Morning Edition and All Things Considered
broadcast a two-part story on this report:
David Kestenbaum and Jacob Goldstein, "The Charity That Just Gives
Money to Poor People", Morning
Editio n, August 23, 2013 and David Kestenbaum and Jacob
Goldstein, "Cash, Cows, and the Rise of Nerd Philanthropy," All Things Considered,
August 23, 2013.
Huffington Post, 17-minute video discusses BIG: "America The Poor
The Huffington post included Allan Sheahen,
author of the Basic Income
Guarantee: Your Right to Economic Security, in a 17-minute
panel discussion of BIG as "a solution to reversing this ever
increasing problem," of poverty.
It's online at:
http://live.huffingtonpost.com/r/segment/americas-poverty-line/5202961678c90a30d3000123
11. New Links
LINK: "Round Up: Universal Basic Income links"
This web page has a collection of links to articles and websites on basic income
"Round Up: Universal Basic Income links," A Latent Existence, November 21, 2013. http://www.latentexistence.me.uk/round-up-universal-basic-income-links/
BIEN Congress 2014 now available on Facebook and Twitter
The 15th International Congress of the Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN) will take place on Friday June 27th to Sunday June 29th, 2014 at McGill University, Montreal. The conference theme is "Re-democratizing the Economy." The conference now has websites on both Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/events/485269558223569/?fref=ts) and Twitter (https://twitter.com/BIENCongress14).
BIEN Congress 2014 invites proposals for individual papers, themed panels of up to three papers, and discussion roundtables that cover any aspect of the justification, design or implementation of basic income. The deadline for proposals is Monday 13 January 2014. For more info about the congress and how to submit proposals, visit the conference website at www.biencongress2014.com .
12. Links and other info
For links to dozens of BIG websites around the
world, go to http://www.usbig.net/links.html.
These links are to any website with information about BIG, but
USBIG does not necessarily endorse their content or their agendas.
The USBIG NewsFlash
Editor: Karl Widerquist
Research: Paul Nollen
Thanks to everyone who helped this issue.
The U.S. Basic Income Guarantee (USBIG) Network publishes this
newsletter. The Network is a discussion group on basic income
guarantee (BIG) in the United States. BIG is a generic name for
any proposal to create a minimum income level, below which no
citizen's income can fall. Information on BIG and USBIG can be
found on the web at: http://www.usbig.net. More news
about BIG is online at BInews.org.
You may copy and circulate articles from this newsletter, but
please mention the source and include a link to http://www.usbig.net.
If you know any BIG news; if you know anyone who would like to be
added to this list; or if you would like to be removed from this
list; please send me an email: Karl@Widerquist.com.
As always, your comments on this newsletter and the USBIG website
are gladly welcomed.
Thank you,
-Karl Widerquist, editor
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