How the basic income movement in Greece was born in the middle of April 2013.
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 »
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.
Bankers prove basic income is feasible in Greece
December 28th, 2012 | by Stanislas Jourdan | published in Crisis routine | 2 Comments »
So the greek central bank just announced the cost of the greek bank recapitalization : 27.5bn euros just for the 4 biggest banks, 40 bn overall. That could even top at 50bn, the Bank of Greece admits. This represents about 20% of Greece’s GDP. What a scam, isn’t it? Well, this is actually awesome: just by doing […]
The trouble with Trade Unions
November 13th, 2012 | by Stanislas Jourdan | published in Crisis routine | 1 Comment »
Beyond the fight for better labor rights, Trade Unions must widen their vision, work on tackling mass-unemployment by defending the unemployed as long as the workers.
Guy Standing: “the Precariat is growing angry”
November 8th, 2012 | by Stanislas Jourdan | published in Featured, Warning signs | Leave A Comment »
Guy Standing is Professor of Economic Security at the University of Bath and a founder member and co-president of the Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN), a non-governmental organisation that promotes a citizenship income for all. He worked at the International Labor Organization as researcher for many years and is author of “The Precariat — […]
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).
Götz Werner on our mistake in thinking
August 6th, 2012 | by Stanislas Jourdan | published in Beyond the crisis | Leave A Comment »
Do you know Götz Werner? In case you don’t, Werner is a very famous entrepreneur in Germany. He founded the drugstore chain dm-drogerie markt, which he led for 35 years. He is also a influent advocate of the unconditional basic income, and most of all a brillant and heterodox thinker.
