Collecting arguments and evidence in favour of UBI
Danyl Strype
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One of the first things any social policy campaign needs is to get its facts straight, and to get clear on what the valid arguments are for and against what it's working towards.
Research and resources:
Online resources, including calculators for different schemes of balances between certain taxes and UBI amounts, offered here: http://bigkahuna.org.nz/
The Icelandic Pirate Party brings the UBI into parliament:
http://binews.org/2014/11/interview-iceland-pirate-halldora-mogensen/
Talk by economics Professor Philippe van Parijs, summing up the usual pat arguments against UBI, and the economic rebuttal to those arguments:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7nY0UWrSIA
A talk on UBI from Prof. Guy Standing, author of the book “The Precariat”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WaA8zqjBSk
Some arguments for UBI as an alternative to minimum wage and welfare benefits by Scott Santens: http://www.scottsantens.com/minimum-wages-vs-universal-basic-income
Discussion forum on UBI moderated by the author of that article:
https://www.reddit.com/r/BasicIncome
TEDx Talk on UBI by Karl Widerquist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7_4yQRCYHE
An argument for Guaranteed Minimum Income from Milton Friedman (he calls it Negative Income Tax):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtpgkX588nM
Danyl Strype Tue 4 Aug 2015 5:23PM
There's a UBI discussion on another subReddit called NeutralPolitics, which started one year ago.
Danyl Strype Sun 11 Oct 2015 6:35AM
Keith Rankin wrote an excellent piece on the difference between UBI and GMI on theDailyBlog.
Hubat McJuhes Mon 16 Nov 2015 7:35AM
There has formed a new group to support the UBI in NZ: BINZ
Danyl Strype · Sat 1 Aug 2015 1:47PM
The NZ Pirates have collected some info on UBI here:
https://www.loomio.org/d/HnTswp2t/universal-basic-income
Some arguments for UBI as an alternative to minimum wage and welfare benefits by Scott Santens: http://www.scottsantens.com/minimum-wages-vs-universal-basic-income
Discussion forum on UBI moderated by the author of that article:
https://www.reddit.com/r/BasicIncome
Here’s a TEDx Talk on UBI by Karl Widerquist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7_4yQRCYHE
Another talk on UBI from Prof. Guy Standing, author of the book “The Precariat”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WaA8zqjBSk