Scholars, policymakers, advocates and activists are invited to submit abstracts for papers related to one or more of the thematic areas outlined below for the Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN) 2020 conference in Brisbane (Monday 28 to Wednesday 30 September 2020). Abstracts (250–300 words) [...]
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Erik Olin Wright, Unconditional Basic Income: Progressive Potentials and Neoliberal Traps
Within Envisioning Real Utopias, Erik Olin Wright argues that a social economy could be promoted if the state, through its capacity to tax, provided funding for socially organised non-market [...]
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2018 Henderson Conference
The 2018 Henderson conference will focus on how the social security system can more effectively respond to issues of poverty and inequality. Over the course of two days, a variety of speakers will cover what key changes have taken place since the 1970s and the [...]0141
Prehistoric Myths in Modern Political Philosophy
Presentation by Karl Widerquist, Associate Professor of political philosophy at SFS-Qatar, Georgetown University
Before public lecture on ‘Why we need a universal basic income’ – [...]
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Basic Income is an audacious idea – a regular, unconditional cash grant for everyone as a right of citizenship. Yet, growing numbers of people have come to support it, believing not only that welfare systems around the world are too stingy but also that they’re based on an entirely [...]
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17th BIEN Congress, Portugal
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CALL FOR PAPERS AND PROPOSALS: IMPLEMENTING A BASIC INCOME
Dates: 25-27 September 2017
Locations:
25 September: Portuguese National Parliament
26 and 27 September: ISEG – Lisbon School of [...]
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