Discussion Papers

The USBIG discussion paper series makes available papers in progress about or relating to the Basic Income Guarantee as a forum for discussion in advance of publication. If you would like to submit a paper for this series, send an electronic copy to Karl@Widerquist.com. Please follow the instructions for authors for all submissions.

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167

February 2007

Bambrick, Laura

A BIG Response to Wollstonecraft’s Dilemma

135

September 2005

Bergh, Andreas

Basic Income – With or Without Bismarckian Social Insurance?

10

February-02

Bergmann. Barbara R. 

A Swedish-Style Welfare State Or Basic Income: Which Should Have Priority?

71

January-04

Bezruchka, Stephen

BIG Medicine for Achieving Population Health in the U.S.

124

May-05

Birnbaum, Simon

Real Libertarianism, Structural Injustice and the Democratic Ideal

3

December-00

Block, Fred 

Basic Income and the Shadow of Speedhamland

139

December 2005

Bloom, Abe and Steve Bloom

A proposal to establish a social fund in the USA to eliminate poverty through a tax surcharge on households earning incomes of more than $100,000 per year

107

February-05

Bouquin, Stephen

The local exchange system

20

February-02

Bouquin, Stephen & Catherine Levy

Social minima a part of recommodification of labour? Critical assessment concerning the tendencies towards basic income

18

February-02

Bryan, James B.

Did the U.S. Welfare Reforms of 1996 and the Expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit Eliminate the Need for a Basic Income Guarantee?

60

February-03

Bryan, James B. 

Targeted Programs v. The Basic Income Guarantee: An Examination of the Efficiency Costs of Funding Different Forms of Redistribution

136

September 2005

Bugra, Ayse and Caglar Keyder

Arguing for Basic Income in Turkey: Main Challenges

114

March-05

Busilacchi, Gianluca

Two Problems, One Solution: The Earth Basic Income

148

February 2006

Butler, Sam

The Poverty of Politics

123

May-05

Calderon Cuevas, Eduardo and Oscar Valiente Gonzalez

Basic Income as a Policy to Fight Child Labour

31

March-02

Caputo, Richard K.

FAP Flops: Lessons Learned from the Failure to Pass the Family Assistance Plan in 1970 and 1972?

162

February 2007

Caputo, Richard K.

The Death Knoll of BIG or BIG by Stealth: A Preliminary Assessment of UBIG Political Viability around the Globe

29

March-02

Clark, Charles M. A. 

Basic Income: Promoting Social Justice in a 21st Century Economy

80

February-04

Clark, Charles M. A.

Ending Poverty in America: The First Step

4

March-01

Clark, Charles M.A. 

Changing Labour Markets: Towards Real Flexibility

117

April-05

Clark, Robert F.

The Earth as a Common Trust: Implications for a Minimum Income Guarantee

138

October 2005

Clark, Robert F.

Assaulting Global Poverty: Shortfalls and Proposed Remedy

49

January-03

Clark, Stephen

The Basic Income as a Foundation of a Sound Currency and a Free and Open Market

184

February 2008

Clark, Stephen

The Little Red Hen Thinks Again

32

March-02

Clark, Stephen C.

Funding a Basic Income Guarantee Considering Size, Political Viability, and Pipeline

142

February 2006

Clark, Stephen C.

A Declaration of Independences

161

January 2007

Clark, Stephen C.

The Juarez Plan

99

January-05

Colombo, Gianluca, Andrea Fumagalli, Stefano Lucarelli, Jacopo Mazza, Edoardo Mollona, and Cosma Orsi

Testing the Value of Solidarity and the Implementation of Social Cohesion Policies

160

January 2007

Cook, Richard C.

The Basic Income Guarantee and Monetary Reform: A Tale of Two Ideas

39

November-02

Cruz Basso, Leonardo Fernando 

Meritorious currency: a currency against famine

126

May-05

Cruz, Maria Núbia Alves Maíra C. P. Colares, Michelle dos Santos Diniz, Murillo Marschner A. de Brito, Ada Ávila Assunção

When Financial Benefits Guarantee School Attendance Without Children and Adolescents Stopping Work: the bolsa escola case of the Municipal Government of Belo Horizonte (Brazil)

7

January-02

Cunliffe, John and Guido Erreygers

Inheritance and Equal Shares: Early American Views

128

July 2005

da Silva e Silva, Maria Ozanira

From a Minimum Income to a Citizenship Income: The Brazilian Experiences

62

February-03

Dahms, Harry F.

Breaking the Glass Cage: How Basic Income is a Quantitatively Different Social Policy Paradigm

100

February-05

Daly, Lew

Whatever Happened to Unearned Income?

122

May-05

Danahey, Patrick

Education And The Democratic Sovereignty Of The People: A Human Rights Approach Towards Introducing And Entrenching The Full Integration And Implementation Of A Universal Income Beyond The Duration Of Elected Governments

157

November 2006

De Wispelaere, Jurgen and Lindsay Stirton

The Public Administration Case Against
Participation Income

105

February-05

Dietsch, Peter

Institutions as Motivational Bootstrapping

83

April-04

Dyan, Paula

How It Feels to Be Homeless

137

September 2005

Elgarte, Julieta Magdalena

Non-Domination, Real Freedom, and Basic Income

67

January-04

Farina, Pete

The Case Against Income Inequality: Unequal Income Is Unequal Citizenship

11

February-02

Farris, Buford 

Was it only a Dream: Guaranteed Income through the eyes of a Sixties Poverty Warrior in Texas

44

January-03

Farris, Buford

A Real War on Poverty: Guaranteed Income Plus

102

February-05

Farris, Buford

The Compassionate Face of Religion: A Grounding for a Guaranteed Income

163

February 2007

 Farris, Buford

Happy Workers. Welfare Queens and Surfers: Images in the Debate Around a Guaranteed Income

185

February 2008

Farris, Buford

Compassionate Liberalism as a Frame for a Renewed War on Poverty

33

March-02

Frankman, Myron

Funding a Planet-Wide Citizen's Income: Trial Calculations

95

September-04

Frankman, Myron J.

Ample Room at the Top: Financing a Planet-Wide Basic Income

90

August-04

Füllsack, Manfred

BI as a “Medium”? An “un-ethical” approach to the BI-debate

150

February 2006

Füllsack, Manfred

BI – a “historical necessity”? Sketch for a “functional” approach to the BI-debate

47

January-03

Fumagalli, Andrea 

Bioeconomics, labor flexibility and cognitive work: the unequal exchange

48

January-03

Funicello, Theresa

Getting on a path to just distribution: The Caregiver Credit Campaign

14

February-02

Garfinkel, Irwin, Chien-Chung Huang, Wendy Naidich,

Effects Of Tax Rebates on Poverty and Income Distribution

115

March-05

George, Robley

Socioeconomic Democracy: A Democratic Basic Income Guarantee

147

February 2006

Gonzalez Bailon, Sandra and David Casassas

Corporate Watch, Consumer Responsibility, and Economic Democracy: Forms of political action in the orbit of basic income

37

July-02

Handler, Joel

Social Citizenship and Workfare in the U.S. and Western Europe: From Status to Contract

51

January-03

Handler, Joel

Myth and Ceremony in Workfare: Rights, Contracts, and Client Satisfaction

129

July 2005

Handler, Joel F.

The False Promise of Workfare: Another Reason for a Basic Income Guarantee

61

February-03

Harman, Eva

Social Grants and their Social Circulations

1

May-00

Harris, Robert 

The Guaranteed Income Movement of the 1960s and 1970s.

82

March-04

Hartzok, Alanna

Citizen Dividends and Oil Resource Rents

181

February 2008

Harvey, Phil

Laying out the Argument for a Public Works Program

57

February-03

Harvey, Philip