The trouble with Trade Unions
Beyond the fight for better labor rights, Trade Unions must widen their vision, work on tackling mass-unemployment by defending the unemployed as long as the workers.
» Read moreGuy Standing: “the Precariat is growing angry”
Guy Standing is Professor of Economic Security at the University of Bath and a founder member and co-president of the Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN), a non-governmental organisation that promotes a citizenship income for all. He worked at the International Labor Organization as researcher for many years and is author of “The Precariat — the new dangerous class”, published in in
» Read moreOccupy Wall Street launches a debt strike
Under the slogan “You are not a loan, you are not alone,” Occupy Wall Street’s “Strike Debt” group is aiming to inject life into a resistance movement against debt repayment. The operation is gaining worldwide support, and could very well revive the protest movement which was born a year ago. Read more on Global Voices
» Read moreThe collaborative economy is destroying jobs, so what’s next?
My last piece for OuiShare is about how collaborative economy is destroying jobs, and what we can do about it.
» Read moreWhat moral hazard?
Giving money to everyone without conditions is often said to be morally hazardous. Sadly though, this argument looks like another symptom of the famous Stockholm syndrom.
» Read moreDebt crisis: The solution is right here – but who dares to look at it?
The old “helicopter money” idea of printing money and distributing it to everyone is the obvious solution to avoid another recession. But it will take more than rational arguments to get there.
» Read moreBasic income: from yesterday’s utopia to reality
I wrote a piece on Report Out Loud about the History of unconditional basic income, its philosophical and economic justifications, along with the current situation of the idea among civil society and politics. You can read this important post (in French) by clicking here.
» Read morePaper: A monetary approach towards a basic income in Greece
On the 14th of September, I will present a paper called “A monetary approach towards a basic income in Greece“, in which I explain and demonstrate how Greece could exit the eurozone and implement a citizen’s monetary dividend. This paper was submitted to the Basic Income Earth Network for its annual congress that wil take place near Munich next week.
» Read moreWho are the libertarians?
Libertarians are less altruistic and emotional, more rational and individualistic than other people, a research paper says.
» Read moreThe illusion of money scarcity
One of the main issue of today’s economic shift of paradigm is that most of the people think like money is always scarce and has to remain so. This way, while the entire World is changing, we are still stuck into the old-fashion straitjacket of our monetary system, based on scarcity.
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