How the basic income movement in Greece was born in the middle of April 2013.
Beyond the crisis
The first baby steps of a basic income movement in Greece
August 22nd, 2013 | by Stanislas Jourdan | published in Beyond the crisis, Featured | 2 Comments »
Don’t just influence the media, build the media
June 23rd, 2013 | by Stanislas Jourdan | published in Beyond the crisis | Leave A Comment »
If you intend to be a changemaker, you should behave like a journalist, act as a publisher, think like your potential readers. And build media platform to support your movement.
Will the basic income revolution come from Switzerland?
June 3rd, 2013 | by Stanislas Jourdan | published in Beyond the crisis, Featured | 6 Comments »
In Switzerland, a federal initiative for unconditional basic income has collected more than 110.000 signatures, becoming the first country where the People will be directly to approve (or not) the idea. While the result of such a votation is still very uncertain, the worldwide debate may get bigger.
The time has come for basic income
April 5th, 2013 | by Stanislas Jourdan | published in Beyond the crisis | 1 Comment »
The time has come for basic income supporters to take action for one of the biggest battle of History: the one for Human Rights, Dignity, Democracy, Commons… All at once reunited in the demand for a basic income.
A free lunch of common sense
January 12th, 2013 | by Stanislas Jourdan | published in Beyond the crisis | Leave A Comment »
“There is no such a thing as a free lunch” often claim prominent mainstream economist. Well, the opposite theory – which justify unorthodox policies such as the unconditional basic income, finally gets some reckoning.
Life is too short for long-term plans
November 29th, 2012 | by Stanislas Jourdan | published in Beyond the crisis | Leave A Comment »
What is the most realistic approach for solving the crisis? A long-term plan or short term claims?
What moral hazard?
October 10th, 2012 | by Stanislas Jourdan | published in Beyond the crisis | Leave A Comment »
Giving money to everyone without conditions is often said to be morally hazardous. Sadly though, this argument looks like another symptom of the famous Stockholm syndrom.
Debt crisis: The solution is right here – but who dares to look at it?
September 25th, 2012 | by Stanislas Jourdan | published in Beyond the crisis, Crisis routine | Leave A Comment »
Introducing a monetary dividend, ie. printing money and giving it directly to citizens through a periodical income is not a new idea, neither denuded from any rational economic arguments. Quite the contrary, actually. But will people just seriously consider the idea and claim for it to be done?
How to save Greece (full paper)
September 4th, 2012 | by Stanislas Jourdan | published in Beyond the crisis | 2 Comments »
You may remember that post in which I explained how exiting the eurozone could be a good opportunity for Greece, if accompanied by a series of relevant measures such as the distribution of a monetary dividend to every citizen living in Greece (ie. a basic income grant funded by money printing).
The illusion of money scarcity
August 20th, 2012 | by Stanislas Jourdan | published in Beyond the crisis, Crisis routine | Leave A Comment »
One of the main issue of today’s economic shift of paradigm is that most of the people think like money is always scarce and has to remain so. This way, while the entire World is changing, we are still stuck into the old-fashion straitjacket of our monetary system, based on scarcity.
