Daniel Raventós and Julie Wark have written a useful summary of arguments that trade unionists sometimes offer, along with some possible responses. This contribution to the Citizen’s Income debate can Read More
The Friedrich Ebert Stiftung foundation has published a report on the European digital economy. The project report can be found here, and the UK country report here. The UK country report concludes Read More
Today in Parliament Ronnie Cowan MP asked the Secretary of State whether the Government would be willing to fund research into Citizen’s Income. You can read about the exchange here. Read More
Anthony Painter of the Royal Society of Arts has written an article in The Guardian: ‘Universal basic income is not a magic solution, but it could help millions’. … Basic Read More
John Rentoul has written an article entitled ‘Basic Income is the latest bad political idea that refuses to die’. We would not normally write a critical response to such articles, but the selective Read More
The economist Sir Tony Atkinson died on the 1st January. I have on my shelves three of Tony’s books which between them represent the significance of his contribution to social Read More