A summer conference on Alternative Economic Spaces WITH the Keynote Address being given by J.K. Gibson-Graham AND in the vastly underrated city of Hull… and I couldn’t attend (three years on the bitterness still shows no sign of losing its bite!)
July 9, 2008
Basic Income Earth Network
A basic income is an income unconditionally granted to all on an individual basis, without means test or work requirement. It is a form of minimum income guarantee that differs from those that now exist in various European countries in three important ways:
- it is being paid to individuals rather than households;
- it is paid irrespective of any income from other sources;
- it is paid without requiring the performance of any work or the willingness to accept a job if offered.
I’ve been interested in BIEN now for over 10 years, but more as an observer surveying developments from a distance. I do have a great deal of hope (more than expectation) that this vision may one day bear global fruit. Also see here and here.
What if we gave it away?
Without question, the ‘best citizens’ are the ones with the greatest buying power. Who or what they contribute to isn’t of great concern. The sheer capacity to do so is what matters.
You Disagree!?
Good 
– see *here*
Are You Happy?
The NEF, a think-and-do tank, not only does sterling work to nurture the fertile soils of theoretical new economics, but also finds time to ask you the deep and meaningful questions, such as: “Are You Happy?“
Bookmarks from the past: 1
Just been searching through long-term/ long-forgotten Bookmarks, and came across the diverse economies weblog. (Alarmingly) Nothing has changed in four years since this last entry (and since I last looked):
“Hmmmm. Silence reigns in the diverse economies weblog.
Never mind, here is something that will entertain and/or horrify you. In my occasonal searches for examples of active, functional blogs I found this. This is a very busy blog. A problematic conclusion one might draw from it, however, is that maybe successful blogs are run by right-wing neo-liberal loonies. Then again, I suppose they constitute an alternative economy too…. Angus”
Newshound
Newshound 5th July 2008, have provided a useful link to my letter (and subsequent responses) published in the Leicester Mercury concerning the morally schizophrenic attitudes people have toward other animals.
