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Kategorie: Universal Basic Income

„Green Observatory: Basic Income“

Ein Beitrag im Green European Journal.

„The Green European Journal asked experts, activists, and politicians active on basic income around Europe and in or around the Green galaxy about the basic income debate in their country or region. The second question of this Green Observatory seeks to map progressive responses to basic income.“

„Beyond 2020: Discussing Universal Basic Income as a Potential Poverty Alleviation Policy Option for China…

…A roundtable discussion on Universal Basic Income (UBI) was recently hosted by the United Nations Development Programme in China (UNDP China) in Beijing. The roundtable brought together more than 45 representatives from academia, United Nations agencies, government, embassies and civil society to exchange viewpoints and share ideas on the concept of UBI and its potential in China.“

Hier geht es zum Bericht.

„A Universally Bad Idea…

…Silicon Valley titans push the Marxist-Leninist nonsense of a guaranteed income“, starke Worte im Wallstreet Journal, zumindest der Titel lässt einiges erwarten, auch eine Menge Durcheinander. Ein historischer Blick in die Sowjetunion und die DDR hätten den Autor vor dem Untertitel bewahrt, der das Bedingungslose Grundeinkommen in eine Tradition stellt, in der es nicht steht.

„Why is UBI such a tedious topic?“

Die Frage wird von Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein am Ende in ein einfaches, aber selten vorgebrachtes Argument aufgelöst:

„Pay is, essentially, a political token that we trade in order to control our lives. And if pay isn’t to reward increased productivity, if productivity has been resolved as a problem, pay ought to be linked to our value as citizens in a democracy, meaning distributed equally. This is a good argument for a UBI.“

That’s it: from the spirit of democracy – aus dem Geist der Demokratie eben.

Sascha Liebermann