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The
thirteenth BIEN congress
Basic
Income as an Instrument for Justice and Peace
will
be held in Sao Paulo, Brazil, from the 30th June to the
2nd July 2010.
The
organizers write: 'For the very first time in its history,
the international basic income network will hold a meeting
in Latin America, more specifically in Brazil. Every other
year researchers, scholars, policy makers and politicians
from different parts of the world get together to discuss
alternatives that could lead to the promotion and implementation
of an elementary principle of social justice: the guarantee
of a monetary income, of equal value, unconditional and
free of quid pro quo, to all citizens that are members of
a community. This debate arose in Europe over 20 years ago
and today it integrates the agenda of discussions on socioeconomic
rights in the developing countries as well. Ideas, experiences
and new designs for public policies will be addressed by
specialists and several guests for three days.'
The
organizers are asking for submissions of papers proposals
of panels. The deadline is the February 25th 2010.
For
further details, please see the website: www.bien2010brasil.com
For
notices of other conferences during 2010 click
here.
The
Centre for Social Justice has published a report,
Dynamic Benefits, which identifies high marginal benefits
withdrawal rates as earnings increase as a serious disincentive
to people on benefits who are considering taking employment.
The report recommends a combined benefits withdrawal rate
of 55%. To read the report, click
here
Guy
Standing, Professor of Income Security at the University
of Bath, has published Work after Globalisation:
A
Global Transformation is under way, in which inequalities
and insecurities are becoming unsustainable. Guy Standing
explains that while a struggle against paternalism is essential,
the desirable egalitarian response to the problems caused
by globalization is a strategy to build occupational citizenship.
This is based on a right to universal economic security
and institutions to enable everybody to develop their capabilities
and work whilst respecting the ecological imperatives of
the 21st century.
For
further details, click
here.
The
Citizen's Income Newsletter, Issue 3, 2009 is now available.
Click
here to read this issue
It
contains a report on our recent seminar series, A Citizen's
Income for All
and
an article on Minimum Income Standards: a challange for
Citizen's Income,
by Anne Miller
Also
- News
- Book
reviews
- Viewpoints:
1. The Citizen's Dividend: sharing the wealth of the commons,
by Jeffery Smith; and 2. An atuomatic
stabiliser to avert a depression, by Guy
Standing
Word
Version
Adobe
Version
The
Citizen's Income Newsletter, Issue 2, 2009 is still available.
Click
here to read this issue
It
contains a report of a seminar about
a highly significant Citizen's Income pilot study in Namibia:
Can Unconditional Cash Transfers Work? They Can.
Click
here to read the report
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