{"id":5199,"date":"2019-05-07T02:40:30","date_gmt":"2019-05-07T02:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/progressiveeconomyforum.com\/development\/?post_type=publication&p=5199"},"modified":"2019-06-24T15:41:09","modified_gmt":"2019-06-24T15:41:09","slug":"basic-income-as-common-dividends-piloting-a-transformative-policy","status":"publish","type":"publications","link":"https:\/\/progressiveeconomyforum.com\/development\/publications\/basic-income-as-common-dividends-piloting-a-transformative-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Basic Income as Common Dividends: Piloting a Transformative Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In this publication, Guy Standing<\/a> outlines how a basic income scheme could be piloted here in the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Standing argues that “the primary justifications for a basic income are ethical or moral” and that such a policy is “a matter of social justice<\/em>“. Further, he argues that we are confronted by “eight modern giants” – challenges from economic insecurity and inequality to high levels of private debt and the threat of climate breakdown – and that a basic income would be key in confronting these giants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The report, with a foreword by PEF Chair Patrick Allen<\/a>, deals comprehensively with the common objections to a basic income scheme, but importantly moves the debate on to the question of pilot schemes, how to design them and where they should be carried out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can watch the launch of the report at the Royal Society of Arts on YouTube here<\/a>, with speeches from Dr Standing, Patrick Allen, John McDonnell MP, Margaret Greenwood MP and Ed Miliband MP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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