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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryThe great Indian basic income debate
Basic income has entered mainstream political discussion in India like nowhere else in the world. This is the story...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and Slavery‘Even my husband envies my freedom’
A small basic income transformed the lives of these women in rural India. Imagine what it could do on a national scale.
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryIn search of a sane economy
Could degrowth, community, and basic income create a sane economy? An interview with one of the godfathers of the...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryWhy not give people money for nothing?
Needing to work for your money is central to modern morality, but should it be? An interview with Liz Fouksman, a...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryBasic income, not tied benefits, for Australia’s First Nations
Could a basic income finally bring an end to Australia’s paternalistic treatment of First Nations peoples? An...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryBasic income denied in Ontario
A change in government brought a basic income pilot in Canada to an abrupt halt, causing chaos and turmoil amongst...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryThe radical combination of degrowth and basic income
We work too hard to produce too much stuff, and we’re destroying the planet in the process. An interview with...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryBasic income is paving a path to freedom in Kenya
Kenya is running the world’s most ambitious basic income pilot yet, but will its results be enough to forge a whole...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryBasic income can transform women’s lives
We gave a basic income to thousands of India’s citizens and the results were better than we ever could have hoped.
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryBasic income bows to the master
Universal basic income claims to be a radical and emancipatory way forward, but it only confirms the domination of...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryFeminist politics and a case for basic income
Wages do not compensate workers, and especially women, for most of the work they do. A basic income could change that.
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryEnd the threat of economic destitution now
The wealthy in capitalist societies claim to love freedom, yet they use the threat of economic destitution to compel...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryThe power to walk away: is basic income a bridge too far?
Basic income can help workers in many ways, but whether it really improves their freedom remains to be seen.
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryBasic income and the three varieties of freedom
Freedom costs money.
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryUniversal basic income: a way through the storm?
Vast numbers of people around the world don’t have sufficient cash to ride out life’s problems. Could a basic income...