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Basic Income in the Capitalist Economy: The Mirage of ‘Exit’ From Employment
Basic Income Studies, 11 (1), 61–74. https://doi.org/10.1515/bis-2016-0013 Abstract A widespread argument in the basic income debate is that the unconditional entitlement to a secure income floor improve
Inkomststöd åt alla? Basinkomstens nya våg
Simon Birnbaum är docent i statsvetenskap. Han arbetar som lektor vid Södertörns högskola och forskare vid Institutet för bostads- och urbanforskning, Uppsala universitet. Under våren utkommer han – t
The new wave of basic income experiments
Welcome to a seminar on the new book "Basinkomstens nya våg" (The New Wave of Universal Basic Income). In the book leading researchers on universal basic income (UBI) analyze recent UBI-related experi
Bookseminar - The new wave of basic income experiments (webinar)
Place: Register for this online seminar. Shortly before the seminar you will receive a link to the webinar and instructions on how to ask questions to the authors. This seminar will be held in English We
Children and the right to vote
In: Gheaus, Anca, Calder, Gideon, and De Wispelaere, Jurgen, eds. The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Childhood and Children. Milton: Routledge. Introduction The history of democracy is stronglySixty years ago, no European democracy allowed 18-year-olds to vote; today, no European nation denies people aged 18 the vote. The tendency is to lower the age of voting further. Voting from the age of 16 is now allowed in several countries, including Austria, Argentina and Brazil. The general question raised by these developments concerns what the final destination should be: what is the appropriate voting-rights age in a democracy?
