Sequencing matters: we must scale up our universal services before we add universal incomes if we are to prevent negative effects.
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Social Prosperity for the Future
Focusing on basic services, such as housing, food, communications and transport, is, we conclude, far more effective at driving down the cost of living than spending the same money on existing services, or on redistribution.
UBS: A Theoretical and Moral Framework
This article provides a theoretical justification for extending the delivery of public services.
UBS, UBI, Job Guarantee
UBS is the only proposal that is unconditional, enables free choice of labour activity, reduces costs and intentionally includes measures to reduce environmental impact.
How to one-up the universal basic income
Our response to Brexit must be an invigorated public environment directly controlled by local democracy - a prospect offered by 'Universal Basic Services'.
Can we have UBS and UBI?
Can we have UBS and a UBI? Only on a spreadsheet. The real world will require us to solve our problems with more effort and less intellectualism, it will require that we roll up our sleeves and get stuck into the nitty gritty of actually building a better society, not just trying to model it.
IGP visit to IFF in Edinburgh
Last week the IGP accepted the invitation from the International Futures Forum (IFF) to present the idea of Universal Basic Services in Edinburgh to an audience of general interest, and afterwards to a smaller group who have been charged with the development of proposal for a Scottish Basic Income experiment that may take place in … Continue reading IGP visit to IFF in Edinburgh
An idea that would truly transform our society
Our response to Brexit must be an invigorated public environment directly controlled by local democracy - a prospect offered by 'Universal Basic Services'.
