From Boston Review, a forum on Basic Income in a Just Society (and more). A basic income really could end poverty forever — but to become a reality, it needs to get detailed and stop being oversold. From Vox, Byrd Pinkerton and Sarah Kliff on the case for and against a universal basic income in the United States; and what happens if you replace every social program with a universal basic income (and more). The free banquet: George Scialabba reviews Basic Income: A Radical Proposal for a Free Society and a Sane Economy by Philippe van Parijs and Yannick Vanderborght. Tom Ward on what we can learn from Finland’s basic income experiment.
Frederick Harry Pitts (Bristol), Lorena Lombardozzi (SOAS) and Neil Warner (TCD): Beyond Basic Income: Overcoming the Crisis of Social Democracy? Hillel Steiner on a philosopher’s take on Global Basic Income. Study: A universal basic income would grow the economy. J. Mikael Olsson on the hedonist case for a basic income.
