8th Annual Congress, February 27–March 1, 2009
8th Congress of the U.S. Basic Income Guarantee Network
New York City, February 27 – March 1, 2009
Sheraton New York Hotel
811 Seventh Avenue at 53rd Street., New York, NY
Speakers
Opening Speakers
Moderator: Michael Howard
Senator Hugh Segal: The Infrastructure of Civility: Basic Income and Economic Recovery
Steve Pressman, Justice and History: The Big Problem of Wilt Chamberlain
2A. Roundtable Discussion: The Legacy of Leonard Greene
Moderator: Allan Ostergren
James Bryan, Manhattanville College
Irwin Garfinkel, Columbia University
Don Sutherland, Institute for SocioEconomic Studies
Naomi Lopez Bauman, Public Policy Consultant
2B. Human Behavior, Incentives, and Anti-Poverty Policy
Moderator: Michael A. Lewis
Buford Farris, Sociology and Basic Income: A Case Study of Four Theorists
Wesley Pech, A Critical Evaluation of the Contribution of Behavioral Economics to the Basic Income Grant Idea
Chandra Pasma, Working through the Work Disincentive
3A. The Financial Crisis, Reform, and the Basic Income Guarantee
Moderator: Alanna Hartzok
Jeffery J. Smith, BIG In Pocket, Who Needs a Bailout?
Marc Vandenberghe, Financial crisis: RIGHT on Basic Income for a stable financing of basics economy?
Richard C. Cook: Dividend Economics and the Basic Income Guarantee: A ‘Bailout’ for the People.
Stephen C. Clark, Excalibrator Logarithmic Cybercurrency: A Monetary Fugue
3B. Social Justice and Economic Wellbeing
Moderator: Richard Caputo
Frederick Streets, Well Being and Social Justice: Myths and Realities
Joel Blau, Social Justice: Models and Measures
Michael Reisch, Economic Globalization and Social Justice in a Multicultural Society
Carmen Ortiz Hendricks, BIG and the U.S. Hispanic Community
Film and Discussion: A Day’s Work, A Day’s Pay
Moderator: Steve Shafarman
Kathy Leichter
4B. Two Market Reforms: The Employer of Last Resort and the Basic Income Guarantee
Moderator: Karl Widerquist
Fadhel Kaboub, Inequality and Financial Instability: The ELR Solution
Rania Antonopoulos, Public Job Creation: A Path to Inclusive and Gender Equitable Development
Pavlina R. Tcherneva, How Do Job and Income Guarantees Affect the Lives of Poor Women: Some Insights from Argentina
Discussants: Jim Bryan, Malcolm Sawyer, and Omar Hamouda
- Alternative Responses to Poverty
Moderator: Michael A. Lewis
Micheál L Collins, An Empirical Profile of those Living around Ireland’s Poverty Line
Mary A Cavaleri, The Feasibility and Impact of the Bridge Program
Phil Harvey, The Promise and Limitations of the BIG Idea
Yannick Vanderborght, Universal Child Benefits and the Struggle Against Child Poverty
6A. What is an asset? Which assets should be held in common? Physical, monetary, cyber, and social assets as sources for universal grants
Moderator: Jeffery J. Smith
Nicolaus Tideman, Money Issuance as a Source for a Basic Income Guarantee & how to apply for a forbrukslån
Eron Lloyd, Social Shareholder Model
Gary Flomenhoft, An Inventory of Basic Income Revenue Potential from Common Assets in Vermont
6B. The Politics of BIG, Part I
Moderator: Al Sheahen
Harry F Dahms, Barriers to Basic Income: The Constitutional Logic of Modern Societies
Jason Burke Murphy, Baby Steps: On the Need for Incremental Victories
Ingrid van Niekerk, An Incremental Path to BI: Evidence from Africa
7A. The Earth Belongs to Everyone—Author Meets Commentators
Moderator: Karl Widerquist
Alanna Hartzok, Earth Rights Institute, Author The Earth Belongs to Everyone
Anthony Squires, Western Michigan University
Pat Aller, Robert Schalkenbach Foundation
Fred Foldvary, Santa Clara University
Jim Bryan, Manhattanville College
7B. The Politics of BIG, Part II
Moderator: Almaz Zelleke
Steven Shafarman, Ending the Recession and Rethinking Economics: Income Security for All
Reimund Acker, Political Phase Transition: Netzwerk Grundeinkommen’s Departure from Utopia to Berlin
Seán Healy and Brigid Reynolds, The Nation State and the Welfare State – Can the Latter survive the Changing Nature of the Former?
Aziz Akgul, Draft Act to the Turkish Parliament on Citizen’s Income
8A. Roundtable discussion: Campaigning for Basic Income
Moderator: Steven Shafarman
Jesse Johnson, Mountain Party, West Virginia
Brent McMillan, Political Director, Green Party, USA
Dan O’Sullivan, Change to Win Coalition of unions representing six million workers
Al Sheahen, co-author of “the Tax Cut for the Rest of Us” Bill
8B. Poverty in Canada: Problems and Possibilities
Moderator: Eri Noguchi
James P. Mulvale, Tilting at Windmills or Seeking Bold Solutions? Promoting Guaranteed Income During Economic and Environmental Crisis
Ernie Lightman, Fighting Child Poverty in Ontario: The Deprivation Index
Evelyn L. Forget, New Evidence on the Outcomes of the Canadian GAI Social Experiment
- Featured Speaker
Moderator: Ingrid van Niekerk
6:00: Basic Income’s coming of age
Stanley Aronowitz, Graduate Center of the City University of New York
Basic Income and the Emerging Politics About the American Safety Net
6:45: Frances Fox Piven, Graduate Center of the City University of New York
10A. Natural Resource Value as a Moral and Economic Basis for Social Support
Moderator: Stephen C. Clark
Alanna Hartzok, Land Rights and Land Value Capture
Mason Gaffney, Efficiency and equity: symbiosis rather than tradeoff
Cay Hehner, The Timeliness of a Timeless Philosophy for BI
10B. Social Justice and Income Support
Moderator: Yannick Vanderborght
Karl Widerquist, Five False Claims of Political Philosophy
Michael W. Howard, Basic Income for All: A Realistic Utopia?
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- Plenary Session:The Failed Welfare Revolution: America’s Struggle over Guaranteed Income Policy—Author meets Critics
Moderator: Almaz Zelleke
Jeff Manza
Richard Caputo
Louise Haag
John Krinsky
Brian Steensland
- Closing Plenary: Bringing Basic Income into Mainstream Politics
Moderator: Eri Noguchi
Tony Martin, Member of Parliament, New Democratic Party, Canadian House of Commons
Eduardo Suplicy, Senator, Workers Party, Brazilian Senate
