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With the launch of the european citizen’s initiative for unconditional basic income, the time has come for basic income supporters to take action for the one of the biggest battle of History: the battle for Human Rights, Dignity, Democracy, the Commons… All at once reunited in the demand for a basic income. I first heard […]
» Read moreMonths of efforts were rewarded last week : you can now officially sign the european citizens initiative for unconditional basic income. This initiative is a project I have been coordinating for one year with people from 15 countries. Our goal is to have the EU commission make a case for a basic income in Europe. For that matter we need
» Read moreWhile the idea of bailing-in the Cypriot banks was good idea in principle, the way the Cypriot government and the troika implemented was very badly designed – not to say scandalously unfair. Now it’s up to the Cypriot People to demand a better plan. But which one? Everyone is blaming the troika for having tried to […]
» Read more“There is no such a thing as a free lunch” often claim prominent mainstream economist. Well, the opposite theory – which justify unorthodox policies such as the unconditional basic income, finally gets some reckoning.
» Read moreSo the greek central bank just announced the cost of the greek bank recapitalization : 27.5bn euros just for the 4 biggest banks, 40 bn overall. That could even top at 50bn, the Bank of Greece admits. This represents about 20% of Greece’s GDP. What a scam, isn’t it? Well, this is actually awesome: just by doing this, bankers are providing the
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So the greek central bank just announced the cost of the greek bank recapitalization : 27.5bn euros just for the 4 biggest banks, 40 bn overall. That could even top at 50bn, the Bank of Greece admits. This represents about 20% of Greece’s GDP. What a scam, isn’t it? Well, this is actually awesome: just by doing this, bankers are providing the best possible evidence
» Read moreCurrent negotiations between the EU and Cyprus’s government towards a bailout deal for over-indebted Cyprus could lead to an important confession from the troika: yes, private investors must and can pay the price of the crisis.
» Read moreThere is a simple solution for managing a public banking sector recapitalization without merely giving a free lunch to bankers : distribute equity to the People.
» Read moreRecent gay marriage debate in France unveils the rise of moral values as pretexts for ruling political debate.
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