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Basic Income: A timely solution to the imminent welfare crisis?

Bella Caledonia has published a short article on Basic Income and Universal Credit: Basic Income: A timely solution to the imminent welfare crisis? The article is followed by some useful references.

Danny Dorling publishes ‘The Equality Effect’

Danny Dorling has published a new book: The Equality Effect: Improving life for everyone. A basic income would ultimately show how much everyone in a society was valued at the Read More

Paul Spicker’s suggestion of a convertible tax allowance

Paul Spicker has written an article suggesting a convertible personal tax allowance. To read the article, click here. This is a partly-baked idea, based on reform of the Personal Tax Read More

Guy Standing’s new book, ‘Basic Income’, launched at the London School of Economics

To see a video of the public lecture at which Guy Standing launched his new book, Basic Income: And how we can make it happen, at the London School of Read More

Discussion of Citizen’s Basic Income on BBC Radio 4

On Sunday 14th May, The World This Weekend broadcast a discussion about the future of work and a Citizen’s Basic Income. Participants were Anthony Painter (Royal Society of Arts), Jonathan Read More

Citizen’s Basic Income ‘offers public finance efficiency gains’

Public Finance International has published an article entitled ‘Universal Basic Income offers public finance efficiency gains’. A universal basic income can increase efficiency and accountability in the public finances of Read More