Universal Basic Income (UBI) is not a new idea but has recently gained some credence, with interest in possible pilot studies shown by the Scottish national government and one UK…
17 Aug, 2020
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05 Jun, 2020
Crisis conversations – Reset #4: time, work and sharing economic benefits
A decade of economic hardship seemed to have transformed for increasingly urban workforces the promise of shorter working weeks and better work-life balances into bleaker futures, of stressed commuting, working…
28 Apr, 2020
Paving the way for a Basic Income
A new report by Basic Income expert Stewart Lansley highlights the importance of a recovery basic income as the Covid-19 pandemic crisis exposes the inadequacy of today's social security system.…
18 Mar, 2020
Why we need an Emergency Basic Income
Two weeks ago myself and my Co-Founder Michael Pugh launched the Basic Income Conversation as a new arm of Compass. We’re working to further the case for a basic income…
18 Mar, 2019
Basic Income for All: the closest thing to a silver bullet
There is no single silver bullet policy to create a Good Society – but basic income is the closest there is. It opens up some big questions: what is a good…
25 Aug, 2016
A feminist case for Basic Income: An interview with Kathi Weeks
A feminist case for Basic Income: An interview with Kathi Weeks Katie Cruz: Since you wrote The Problem with Work: Feminism, Marxism, Antiwork Politics, and Postwork Imaginaries in 2011, the…