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Abstract This article develops a method for comparing the redistribution effects of tax-benefit schemes using summary statistics and graphical displays. As an illustrative application, it then compares four revenue-neutral Citizen’s Read More
If there is a progression in international development thinking towards a more favourable assessment of a Citizen’s Income, it involves more than one trajectory – and they are not parallel. Read More
Click here to read The Economic Necessity of Basic Income – Geoff Crocker Geoff Crocker argues that the delinkage of productivity and real wages is the underlying cause of the Read More
Click here to read Philipp Klotz, Liberty Reciprocity and the Justification of a Basic Income_Master Thesis LSE Philipp Klotz writes about his dissertation: I will argue in favour of a Read More
Introduction The context of the Citizen’s Income (CI) debate now includes Universal Credit (UC), about which opinions differ. Bill Jordan, a long term advocate of CI, has seen UC as Read More
The constitutional change debate provides an opportunity to shape a distinctively Scottish welfare scenario that would meet the challenges associated with demographic change, the dynamics of modern labour markets and Read More
This essay begins and ends with a genuine question: Given the proven desirability and financial feasibility of a Citizen’s Income, why does a Citizen’s Income not appear to be politically Read More
Click here to read Anne Miller, evidence to the Scottish Parliament’s Expert Working Group on Welfare, December 2013 Anne Miller summarises her paper: The purpose of this paper is to Read More
Click here to read Basic Income and the UK Labour Supply- Michael Story 2013 Michael Story summarises his dissertation: While various income scheme experiments in the developing world have increased Read More
Click here to read How a generous Citizens Income scheme … could help to regenerate local demand In this paper written for the Social Policy Association’s 2013 annual conference in Read More