Discussion Panel on Stimulus Checks and UBI on Mai 20th

Apr 27, 2021 | Events

[from actionnetwork.org:]
In March 2021 US President Joe Biden passed a $1.9 trillion fiscal stimulus package. This included a third Economic Impact Payment of up to $1400. Most US residents qualify for Economic Impact Payments. All you need is a valid Social Security Number and an income of less than $75,000, if you earn more than that your payment will be reduced or phased out.

This is a popular policy, many people have started referring to this third payment as Biden Bucks. These payments, including the first of up to $1200 in March 2020 and second of up to $600 in December, have provided people across the US with vital income support as they cope with the fallout of the pandemic.

So, this is cash, paid with very few conditions almost universally across the US. A programme that is just a few steps away from a basic income.

Register for the panel discussion on Thursday, Mai 20th at 6 pm GMT between Natalie Foster, Almaz Zelleke (FRIBIS-Team UBIG) and Martin Sandbu.

Geoff Crocker on Post-Covid Economics

Apr 19, 2021 | News

Photo by Ferran Fusalba Roselló on Unsplash

Geoff Crocker of the FRIBIS Team ‘Financing UBI’ (FUBI) writes in “Prospect” magazine, describing the complex way the state currently borrows money from itself to finance COVID aid spending, and how much simpler it would be if it consistently and openly created the money itself debt-free, and paid it out to everyone by means of a basic income – without danger of inflation. 
In fact, Crocker says, this is clearly taking place anyway in financing the lockdown, but it is clouded by traditional orthodox complex concepts, which make it inefficient, as well as unnecessarily creating risk free margins for intermediaries in the stock market.

The full article is available on the Prospect Magazine website.

Workshop: Ethics of UBI in a Changing Economy

Apr 12, 2021 | Events

On April 23rd, an online-workshop on the ethics of a Universal Basic Income is hosted by the King’s College London.

The workshop tackles the theoretical issues surrounding the normative justification(s) for UBI and evaluate the practical feasibility of UBI in comparison to competing policy responses from a political economy perspective. To register for the workshop, send an email to EUBI1@easychair.org.

Tender for Post-Doctoral Researcher in Bath, London

Apr 12, 2021 | News

The Institute for Policy Research (IPR) at the University of Bath is seeking a post-doctoral research associate for the FRIBIS-Team Microsimulations.
The Research Associate will conduct microsimulation research for the group and organise its collaborative activities, under the direction of Prof Nick Pearce, Director of the IPR. Expertise and experience in using microsimulation models such as EUROMOD is essential.
The post is offered for two years in the first instance, with the possibility of extension in due course.The full tender is available on the website of the Bath University

Expedition BGE starts recruiting cities for pilot project

Mar 2, 2021 | News

“Expedition Basic Income” is looking for cities and communities all over Germany to start pilot projects for an unconditional basic income. Until March 21, 2021, residents have the chance to register on their website. In all places, in which 1% of the population registers as interested, a peoples initiative targeting a referendum is started for this place. If this is successful, each participating person from this place will receive a basic income for 3 years.

UBIEXP – UBI Experiments

Feb 17, 2021 | Uncategorized

International Conference
on the Political Philosophy, Social Sciences and Policy Analysis of Basic Income Experiments.
July 1st-3rd, 2021.
​University of Minho, Braga, Portugal

Collaborators:
Stanford Basic Income Lab (Stanford University, USA),
Freiburg Institute for Basic Income Studies (University of Freiburg, Germany),
Jain Family Institute (New York, USA),
Associação Rendimento Básico Incondicional (Portugal).

If you are interested in attending, please send an email to Roberto Merrill (nrbmerrill@gmail.com) and Bru Laín (bgrafic@gmail.com) with your name, affiliation, and a short biography by March 20th, 2021.

If you are interested in presenting your research, please send a title and an abstract of 300-500 words by March 20th, 2021.

Registration fees: There are no registration fees for presenters nor for attendance only.

BIEN Congress 2021 – Call for Papers

Feb 17, 2021 | News

The Basic Income Earth Network World Congress – BIEN Congress 2021 – will be held this year in Glasgow, Scotland, August 18th-21st.
(Assuming pandemic protection measures allow).

If you would like to contribute in front of an international audience of experts at the congress, please submit the completed contribution form by April 16, 2021.

Papers presented at the BIEN Congress may be submitted for the 2021 Basic Income Studies Prize by October 1st, 2021.

Talk by Prof. Dr. Alexander Spermann

Feb 10, 2021 | Uncategorized

Prof. Dr. Alexander Spermann is guest lecturer at the Götz Werner Chair and will lead a FRIBIS-Team which works on the further development of his Concept Modell Basisgeld, which advances the current social system towards a Basic Income.

Prof. Spermann held a Zoom-Talk on the Modell Basisgeld on Thursday, February 11th at 10 am (GMT+1).

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Funding Basic Income by dept-free Sovereign Money – Talk by Geoff Crocker

Feb 5, 2021 | Events, News

Announcement text:

Debt-free sovereign money is now here. How come?
Because the Covid crisis has demonstrated its feasibility.

During the Covid crisis, many holders of government debt, such as mutual funds, foreign central banks, and hedge funds, had to sell their bonds to cover huge withdrawals by their own investors.

Central banks like the US Fed and the UK Bank of England intervened by purchasing their government’s bonds to hold up their price in order to keep yields down. Purchases cumulated to >$2 tn in the US and £875 bn in the UK.

As an unintended consequence, central banks now hold substantial government debt. Sure, the government has to pay interest to the central bank, and must ultimately redeem the debt, but this is one government agency in debt to another, ie it’s a zero sum game. It equates to debt-free sovereign money.

So the challenge now is why not issue debt-free sovereign money directly to fund basic income and the reversal of austerity cuts? This proposal is similar to Modern Money Theory, but differs from MMT by the important distinction that money should be created debt-free.

Tender FRIBIS Junior Scientific Group

Jan 29, 2021 | Uncategorized

As part of the
FRIBIS Junior Scientific Group
the Freiburg Institute for Basic Income Studies (FRIBIS) is offering a total of
6 doctoral positions (research associates)
on a temporary contract of for an initial period of 3 years, at 75 % on the TV-L 13 salary scale.

FRIBIS is an interdisciplinary institute that aims to combine scientific research with political and civil  debates as well as political consultation relating to the Universal Basic Income. FRIBIS supports a worldwide  network of scientists, political decision-makers and societal actors who have the joint goal of  providing answers to the global challenges of our time by means of a Universal Basic Income. Accordingly,  all members of the Junior Scientific Group are expected to work through interdisciplinary cooperation. We  are specifically looking for applicants from the following disciplines:

  • Education
  • Social Anthropology
  • Computer Science
  • Psychology
  • Theology, especially Caritas Science and the Economics of Carework
  • Economics

We also encourage the application of people from related disciplines.

 

Please send your application to application@fribis.uni-freiburg.de. The full tender can be found here: 

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