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OPINION: European Citizens’ Initiative for Unconditional Basic Income – Sign support online

By Klaus Sambor ⋅ April 29, 2013

Considering that the ongoing global crisis has led to massive unemployment, particularly in Europe, and has left many people in despair, groups of citizens from 15 European Union countries have launched an initiative to request the EU to examine the feasibility of an Unconditional Basic Income. The idea behind an Unconditional Basic Income is to [...]

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NAMIBIA: BIG Advocate says pilot project less likely to be restarted but hopeful that the government will introduce BIG after the next election

BIEN ⋅ May 20, 2013

According to AllAfrica.com, Uhuru Dempers, a supporter of the Basic Income Grant (BIG) pilot project in Otjivero, Namibia said that the BIG Coalition of Namibia is unlikely to be able to continue the project any longer. The coalition maintained a BIG in this small town for nearly two years and had hoped to keep it [...]

AUDIO: Gosseries, Axel and Yannick Vanderborght (editors), “Arguing about justice: Essays for Philippe Van Parijs” now available as audio book for free download

USBIG ⋅ May 19, 2013

This book, released in 2011, is now available for free as a computer-generated audio book in MP3 format. (It is also available for download as PDF, see story from BI News, May 19, 2013). The hard copy is still available for €29.90. Philippe Van Parijs is one of the leading philosophers writing about basic income [...]

Gosseries, Axel and Yannick Vanderborght (editors), “Arguing about justice: Essays for Philippe Van Parijs” now available for free download on PDF

BIEN ⋅ May 19, 2013

This book, released in 2011, is now available for free download as PDF. The hard copy is still available for €29.90. Philippe Van Parijs is one of the leading philosophers writing about basic income today. Many of the chapters in this book respond to his ideas about basic income. According to the publisher, “This book [...]

Segal, Hugh, “Why Guaranteeing the Poor an Income Will Save Us All In the End”

USBIG ⋅ May 18, 2013

This op-ed piece calls for basic income as a new approach to poverty and an alternative to austerity. It is written by Senator Hugh Segal of the Conservative Party (Canada). Segal, Hugh, “Why Guaranteeing the Poor an Income Will Save Us All In the End,” The Blog, Business Canada, The Huffington Post, April 8, 2013 [...]

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