Basic-income model is already here By: Wayne Simpson Save to Read Later
My colleague Evelyn Forget has argued forcefully that the time is right for a basic income (”Canada can afford a basic income,” March 3) and draws a parallel with our universal health-care plan developed a half-century ago.
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My colleague Evelyn Forget has argued forcefully that the time is right for a basic income ( Canada can afford a basic income, March 3) and draws a parallel with our universal health-care plan developed a half-century ago.
Medicare is a popular but distinctly different social policy, however, and there is a more recent popular initiative that provides a better model to build on when the time is right: the National Child Benefit Initiative.
Is Basic Income Within Reach?
Building the Case Amidst Progress and Poverty Authors:
Places particular emphasis on the development of basic income experiments in Canada
Addresses important developments in economic inequality and technological changesee more benefits
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This book examines the evolution of basic income policy and research in advanced economies and is divided into two parts. The first section considers the development of basic income as a social policy initiative in advanced (OECD) nations from the 1960s to today. It reviews what the negative income tax experiments accomplished, their limitations, and what they can lend to the design and implementation of basic income pilots or a full blown basic income program today. It also considers important developments and resea