The question of how a country can fund a Citizens Income is one that comes up very often. Here we have collected articles on how a Citizens Income can be funded and the modelling put forward for such schemes.
Basic Income expert Malcolm Torry has recently published new microsimulation research on Basic Income schemes. In his latest paper, published with the Centre for Microsimulation and Policy Analysis (CeMPA), Torry Read More
We have now marked the one-year anniversary of lockdown in the UK. What a challenging year it’s been. The end of lockdown is now in sight but it’s vital that Read More
Basic Income and Sovereign Money Seminar. Monday 10th August, 1830. Free online event. Watch the recording of this event. Basic Income Conversation is organising a series of seminars convened by Read More
At the request of the Compass Basic Income hub’s Basic Income Conversation, Malcolm Torry has undertaken new microsimulation research on a Recovery Basic Income and a following sustainable Basic Income Read More
The National Audit Office has published a report on tax reliefs. The UK tax system had 1,190 tax reliefs (as at October 2019). A tax relief reduces the tax an Read More
A new book, Specifying and Securing a Social Minimum in the Battle against Poverty, edited by Toomas Kotkas, Ingrid Leijten and Frans Pennings, has been published by Hart Publishing. The Read More
Mick Reiss has issued three educational videos that argue for a Citizen’s Basic Income paid for by charging rent on the value of land. The first video contains a thought Read More
The Institute for Social and Economic Research has published up to date microsimulation research results on illustrative Citizen’s Basic Income schemes, along with a historical survey of the research process Read More
Introduction This research note summarises parts of a recent working paper published by the Institute for Social and Economic Research, Static microsimulation research on Citizen’s Basic Income for the UK: Read More