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The future of press freedom depends on basic income2
- Op-ed
- 09/08/2018
There is a viable policy to protect freedom of press in the age of social media platforms: universal basic income. It shifts the focus from click rates towards deepening public debate. Our democracy may well depend on it.
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What the discussion on UBI should really be about2
- Op-ed, Social and Economic Policy
- 21/03/2016
The universal basic income (UBI) is in the limelight. Discussion around it is largely technocratic, with UBI being one of many possible fixes to counter the economic woes welfare states are currently faced with. I propose to realign UBI with its foundation as natural entitlement.
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Basic income – Three centuries of discussion1
- Op-ed, Social and Economic Policy
- 13/02/2016
Between unemployment, the refugee’s crisis, the rise of the extreme right and a possible Brexit, it is easy to see that the European Union has witnessed better times. Let’s try to look at the sunny side of politics. What if every EU citizens received an unconditional basic income? In other words, what if the EU distributed an income regardless of your social-economic status? This is what Finland, Switzerland and the EU more generally decided to inquire into.
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Policy Research Internship
- Opportunities
- 22/10/2018
Policy Research Internship
- Opportunities
- 22/10/2018