Thirty-two Members of the European Parliament from twelve countries have issued a joint statement expressing their support for the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) for Unconditional Basic Income. This calls upon the European Commission to assess the idea of reforming current national social security arrangements towards an unconditional basic income (UBI). UBI is a regular, universal […]
Will we ever have full employment again? I think it is pretty unlikely for a number of reasons. The most controversial reason harks back to an observation by Karl Marx that the capitalist society requires a reserve army of unemployed to provide cheap labour. There is certainly some evidence that there is no real intention […]
Remember to sign the petition for Basic Income at basicincome.org.uk/sign Many years ago students used to get a grant from the government to study at university. It was seen as an investment in our future. Grants quickly went by the wayside and were replaced with student loans. Recently in the news we have seen that […]
We can all agree that inequalities in talents are a fact of life. What we do with those inequalities is another matter altogether. The idea that we should organize those inequalities for the good of the rich and/or talented is an entirely different argument.
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