BIEN – Basic Income Earth Network – NEWSFLASH 60, February 2010
The Basic Income Earth Network was founded in 1986 as the Basic Income European Network. It expanded its scope from Europe to the Earth in 2004. It serves as a link between individuals and groups committed to or interested in basic income, and fosters informed discussion on this topic throughout the world.
The present NewsFlash has been prepared with the help of Paul Nollen, John Baker, Simon Birnbaum, David Casassas, Sandro Gobetti, Rubén Lo Vuolo, James Mulvale, Jose Antonio Noguera, Richard Pereira, Per Sørensen, Eduardo Matarazzo Suplicy, Mayuko Tanigawa, Philippe Van Parijs, Karl Widerquist, Almaz Zelleke, and Thérèse Davio.
NewsFlash 60 (February 2010) is available in PDF version at www.basicincome.org
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CONTENTS
Editorial: Get more involved with BIEN!
1. Events
Buenos Aires, Mendoza, Rosario, Buenos Aires, Carpenito Romano, Perugia, Seoul, Toronto, Hamilton, Tokyo, Copenhagen, Montreal, Sao paolo, Atlanta
2. Glimpses of national debates
* ARGENTINA: Towards a basic income for children?
* AUSTRALIA: Report on tax system includes negative income tax proposal
* BELGIUM: Socialist Party advocates a basic pension
* EUROPEAN UNION: 2010 is European Year Against Poverty and Social Exclusion
* IRELAND: Universal child benefit under threat
* ITALY: BIN Italia on tour
* SOUTH KOREA: Growing attention for basic income
* UNITED STATES: Policy report recommends Alaska-style dividend for California
3. Publications
* ENGLISH
BASIC INCOME KOREAN NETWORK (2010), Basic Income for All! and Sustainable Utopia and Basic Income in a Global Era…
UNITED NATIONS (2009), Rethinking Poverty. Report on the World Situation 2010, …
* FRENCH
BARBIER, Jean-Claude (2008), La longue marche vers l'Europe sociale,…
* GERMAN
FRANZMANN, Manuel (ed.) (2010), Bedingungsloses Grundeinkommen als Antwort auf die Krise der Arbeitsgesellschaf…
* KOREAN
BASIC INCOME KOREAN NETWORK (2010), Basic Income for All! and Sustainable Utopia and Basic Income in a Global Era…
ACKERMAN Bruce, ALSTOTT Anne & VAN PARIJS Philippe, Redesigning Distribution. Basic Income and Stakeholder Grants…
* SPANISH
LO VUOLO, Rubén & al. (eds.) (2009), Contra la Exclusión…
NOGUERA, Jose Antonio (2010), 'La Renta Básica Universal: razones y estrategias', …
4. New Links
5. About the Basic Income Earth Network
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NewsFlash 60 (February 2010) is available in PDF version at www.basicincome.org
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