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Books
Click here for Scott Santens’ list of Basic Income books.
Books listed below are either about Basic Income or strongly support the case for a Basic Income. They are in release order, with the most recent at the top.
Our list is incomplete. Please let us know the details of any books that we have not included or any errors in the list.
2026
- Roberto Merrill (Editor), Catarina Neves (Editor), Determining the Value of Universal Basic Income: Political Feasibility, Ecological Impact, Economic Realities, and Research Methodologies (Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee), May 25, 2026.
- Neal Harris, Critical theory and the critique of alternative societies: Co-operatives, mutual a,id and universal basic income (Critical Theory and Contemporary Society),
April 14, 2026. - Marcelo Ungarit, Limiting Wealth. Why Excess is a Political Problem, January 20, 2026.
2025
- Andrew White, Inequality in the Digital Economy: The Case for a Universal Basic Income, Palgrave Studies in Digital Inequalities, October 26, 2025
- Simon Watkins, Basic Income, Work Incentives and Job Search Behaviour: Bridging Theory and Practice in European Contexts (Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee),
24 August 2025 - Zoe Staines, Securing Women’s Economic Security, Safety, and Freedom, 25 June 2025.
- Stuart White, The Wealth of Freedom: Radical Republican Political Economy, 17 June 2025
- Daniel Nettle, Kate Pickett, Matthew Johnson, Elliot Johnson, Howard Reed and Ian Robson, Basic Income: The Policy That Changes Everything, May 27, 2025
- Geoff Crocker, Rethinking Income and Money, Incorporating Technology into Economic Theory, 17 May 2025.
2024
- Sara Bernard, Basic Income for Disasters and Climate Change in Africa , Routledge Studies in African Development,
7 Nov 2024 - Andrew White, Inequality in the Digital Economy: The Case for a Universal Basic Income, (Palgrave Studies in Digital Inequalities), 26 October 2024
- LIT Verlag, Care & Gender – Potentials & Risks of Universal Basic Income (UBI): Proceedings of the FRIBIS Annual Conference 2023 (Studien des Freiburger Instituts … Freiburg: Freiburg Studies on Basic Income), 1 October 2024
- Dominic Afscharian (Author), Viktoriia Muliavka (Author), Marius S Ostrowski (Author), Lukáš Seegel (Author), A Radical Bargain for Europe: Progressive Visions of a European Basic Income, June 4, 2024
- Natalie Foster (Author), Angela Garbes (Foreword), The Guarantee: Inside the Fight for America’s Next Economy,
April 23, 2024 - Karl Widerquist, Universal Basic Income, The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, 20 Feb 2024
- David Casassas (Author), Julie Wark(Translator), Unconditional Freedom: Universal Basic Income and Social Power, 20 Jan 2024
- Malcolm Torry, Unconditional: Towards unconditionality in social policy, 9 Jan 2024
2023
- Malcolm Torry, The Palgrave International Handbook of Basic Income, Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee, 21 Oct 2023
- Fabio D’Orlando, Technological Unemployment, Basic Income, and Well-being (Routledge Advances in Economic Policy), 25 August 2023
- Annie Miller, Basic Income, A Short Guide, 1 Aug 2023.
See BIEN book review - Matt Zwolinski, Universal Basic Income: What Everyone Needs to Know, 11 July 2023
- Malcolm Torry, A Research Agenda for Basic Income (Elgar Research Agendas), 28 June 2023
- Tijs Laenen, The Popularity of Basic Income: Evidence from the Polls (Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee), 5 May 2023
- Scott Smith, A Tale of Two Economies: A New Financial Operating System For the American Economy,
16 February 2023 - Mee-Hyun Chung (Editor), Basic Income in Korea and Beyond: Social, Economic, and Theological Perspectives (Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee), 8 February 2023
- Karl Widerquist, The Problem of Property: Taking the Freedom of Nonowners Seriously, Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee, 1 Jan 2023
2022
- Jurgen De Wispelaere and Evelyn L Forget , Basic Income Experiments: Theory, Practice and Politics, 1 Dec 2022
- Malcolm Torry, Basic Income—What, Why, and How?: Aspects of the Global Basic Income Debate (Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee), 25 Oct 2022
- Hein Marais, In the Balance: The Case for a Universal Basic Income in South Africa and Beyond, 1 July 2022
- Martin Sandbu, The Economics of Belonging: A Radical Plan to Win Back the Left Behind and Achieve Prosperity for All,
17 May 2022 - Pope Francis, Let Us Dream: The Path to a Better Future,
1 March 2022. * Supports Basic Income. See note below. - Wayne Simpson, Is Basic Income Within Reach?: Building the Case Amidst Progress and Poverty (Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee) 1st ed. 2021, 24 February 2022
- Fabian A Borges, Human Capital versus Basic Income: Ideology and Models for Anti-Poverty Programs in Latin America, 23 February 2022
- Baljinder Sharma, Quest for Dignity: The Right to Basic Income, 12 January 2022
* Read more – Pope Francis: Let us dream
Pope Francis explicitly mentions and supports Universal Basic Income (UBI) in his book, Let Us Dream: The Path to a Better Future. [1, 2]
In the book, he advocates for UBI as a tool to recognise the value of non-earners and to provide dignity to workers. Key points regarding his support include: [3, 4]
- Exploration of the Concept: He states that it is “time to explore concepts like the universal basic income,” which he also refers to as a “negative income tax”.
- Dignity and Labour: He argues that UBI could reshape labour market relations by allowing people the “dignity of refusing employment terms that trap them in poverty”.
- Post-Pandemic Vision: Francis views UBI as a way to “humanise our surroundings” and ensure that the integration of the poor is a central objective of society as it emerges from the COVID-19 crisis.
- Practical Implementation: He describes it as an “unconditional flat payment to all citizens” that could potentially be distributed through a country’s tax system. [1, 3, 5, 6, 7]
The proposal is part of his broader “Plan to Rise Again,” which calls for an economy that prioritizes human dignity and the common good over mere profit. [4, 8, 9]
Would you like to know more about the other economic reforms Pope Francis proposes in this book?
[1] https://worldmissionmagazine.com
[3] https://www.catholicvoices.org.uk
[4] https://www.tandfonline.com
[6] https://worldmissionmagazine.com
[7] https://transformaeconomia.org
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2021
- Malcolm Torry, A Modern Guide to Citizen’s Basic Income: A Multidisciplinary Approach, (Elgar Modern Guides), 31 Dec 2021.
- Scott Santens, Let there be Money, Understanding Modern Monetary Theory and Basic Income, 13 Dec 2021.
- Peter Sloman, Daniel Zamora Vargas, Pedro Ramos Pinto (Editors), Universal Basic Income in Historical Perspective, 20 November 2021
- Ellen Hadley (Author), Marie Janicke (Contributor). One Dear Land: A Better World through Information, Universal Basic Income, Community, World Government, and Infinitism,
19 November 2021 - Andrew Yang, Forward: Notes on the Future of Our Democracy, 5 October 2021.
- Malcolm Torry, Basic Income: A History, 30 Sep 2021.
- Brian C. Johnson, Our Fair Share: How One Small Change Can Create a More Equitable American Economy,
28 September 2021 - Evelyn Forget (Author), Hannah Owczar (Author), Radical Trust: Basic Income for Complicated Lives, 15 August 2021
- Martin Ford, Rule of the Robots: How Artificial Intelligence Will Transform Everything, 14 August 2021
- Peter Barnes, Ours: The Case for Universal Property ,1st Edition, August 2021
- Jamie Swift (Author), Elaine Power (Author), Danielle Martin (Foreword), The Case for Basic Income: Freedom, Security, Justice, 19 May 2021
- Brent Ranalli, Common Wealth Dividends: History and Theory (Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee), 1st ed. 2021, May 2021
- Wayne Simpson, Is Basic Income Within Reach?: Building the Case Amidst Progress and Poverty (Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee). 1st ed. 2021. March 2021.
- Theresa Funiciello, Tyranny of Kindness: Dismantling the Welfare System to End Poverty in America, 1st ed. 2020,
18 February 2021 - Leah Hamilton, Welfare Doesn’t Work: The Promises of Basic Income for a Failed American Safety Net (Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee), February 2021.
2020
- Jennifer Mays, Basic Income, Disability Pensions and the Australian Political Economy: Envisioning Egalitarian Transformation, Funding and Sustainability (Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee), December 2020
- Evelyn L. Forget, Basic Income for Canadians: From the COVID-19 Emergency to Financial Security for All,
13 October 2020 - Ursula Huws, Reinventing the Welfare State: Digital Platforms and Public Policies (FireWorks), September 2020
- Elise Klein, Jennifer Mays, Tim Dunlop (Editors), Implementing a Basic Income in Australia: Pathways Forward (Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee), August 2020
- Rutger Bregman, HUMANKIND, 28 July 2020
- Annie Miller, Essentials of Basic Income, 24 July 2020
- Annie Miller, Basic Income, Pocket Book, 24 July 2020
- Chris Oestereich (Author), Jonathan Cohn (Editor), Pandemic Capitalism: From Broken Systems To Basic Incomes, July 2020
- Steven Shafarman, Our Future: The Basic Income Plan for Peace, Justice, Liberty, Democracy, and Personal Dignity,
16 June 2020 - Jeff Wald. The End of Jobs: The Rise of On-Demand Workers and Agile Corporations, 2 June 2020
- Richard K. Caputo, Larry Liu (Editors), Political Activism and Basic Income Guarantee: International Experiences and Perspectives Past, Present, and Near Future (Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee) 1st ed., May 2020
- Guy Standing, Battling Eight Giants: Basic Income Now,
19 March 2020 - Geoff Crocker. Basic Income and Sovereign Money – The Alternative to Economic Crisis and Austerity Policy,
21 Feb 2020. - Bill Jordan, Automation and Human Solidarity (International Political Theory) 1st ed., January 2020
2019
- Lei Delsen, Empirical Research on an Unconditional Basic Income in Europe (Contributions to Economics),
9 December 2019 - Jurgen De Wispelaere & Evelyn L. Forget (Authors), Basic Income Experiments: Theory, Practice and Politics First Edition, 15 November 2019
- Phil Teer, The Coming Age of Imagination: How Universal Basic Income will lead to an Explosion of Creativity,
14 November 2019 - Malcolm Torry (Editor), The Palgrave International Handbook of Basic Income (Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee), 1st ed., 9 October 2019
- Guy Standing, Plunder of the Commons: A Manifesto for Sharing Public Wealth (Pelican Books), 29 August 2019
- Michael Cholbi & Michael Weber (Editors), The Future of Work, Technology, and Basic Income (Routledge Research in Applied Ethics) 1st Edition, 9 July 2019
- Louise Haagh, The Case for Universal Basic Income, Polity,
6 May 2019. - Richard Wilkinson & Kate Pickett (Authors), The Inner Level: How More Equal Societies Reduce Stress, Restore Sanity and Improve Everyone’s Well-Being, 22 January 2019
- Burkhard Wehner, Universal Basic Income and the Reshaping of Democracy: Towards a Citizens’ Stipend in a New Political Order (SpringerBriefs in Political Science), 10 January 2019
2018
- Karl Widerquist. A Critical Analysis of Basic Income Experiments for Researchers, Policymakers, and Citizens (Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee), 30 December 2018
- ‘A’ohe Mea and Hoa Hana (Editors) Where We Go from Here: Chaos to Community: A Modest Proposal for the Livable Income Security Act of 2019, 10 November 2018
- Evelyn L. Forget. Basic Income for Canadians: The key to a healthier, happier, more secure life for all, 2 October 2018
- Simon L. Lewis & Mark A. Maslin, The Human Planet: How We Created the Anthropocene, 28 August 2018
- Annie Lowrey, Give People Money: How a Universal Basic Income Would End Poverty, Revolutionize Work, and Remake the World, 10 July 2018
- Alissa Quart, Squeezed: Why Our Families Can’t Afford America – The Middle Class Crisis of Childcare, Employment, and Hope, 26 June 2018
- David Graeber, Bullshit Jobs: A Theory, 15 May 2018
- Eric A Posner & Eric Glen Weyl, Radical Markets: Uprooting Capitalism and Democracy for a Just Society, 15 May 2018
- Philippe van Parijis, Basic Income and the Left: A European Debate, 2 May 2018
- Malcolm Torry, Why we need a Citizen’s Basic Income: The desirability, feasibility and implementation of an unconditional income, Policy Press, May 2018
- Andrew Yang, The War on Normal People: The Truth About America’s Disappearing Jobs and Why Universal Basic Income Is Our Future, 3 April 2018
- Amy Downes (Editor), Stewart Lansley (Editor and Contributor) & 35 more, It’s Basic Income: The Global Debate,
1 April 2018 - Gwynne Dyer, Growing Pains: the future of democracy (and work), 8 March 2018
- Michael C. Munger, Tomorrow 3.0: Transaction Costs and the Sharing Economy (Cambridge Studies in Economics, Choice, and Society), 6 March 2018
- Chris Hughes, Fair Shot: Rethinking Inequality and How We Earn, 20 February 2018
- Julie Wark and Daniel Raventós, Against Charity, Counterpunch, 6 February 2018
2017
- Steven Shafarman, Basic Income Imperative: For Peace, Justice, Liberty, and Personal Dignity, 12 October, 2017
- Guy Standing, Basic Income: A Guide for the Open-Minded – Illustrated, 29 August 2017
- Justin R. Smith, Basic Income Policy and National Debts: The Basic Blueprint for a Global Planned Economy, 5 August 2017
- Annie Miller, A Basic Income Handbook, 31 July 2017.
See BIEN book review – scroll down on the BIEN page to see. - Guy Standing, Basic Income: And How We Can Make It Happen, 25 July 2017
- Richard Pereira (Editor), Financing Basic Income: Addressing the Cost Objection (Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee),
21 July 2017 - Dr Paul O’Brien, Universal Basic Income: Pennies from Heaven, 1 June 2017
- Brishen Rogers et al (Authors), Work Inequality Basic Income (Boston Review / Forum), 2 May 2017, 27 October 2017
- Philippe van Parijs and Yannick Vanderborght, Basic Income: A Radical Proposal for a Free Society and a Sane Economy, April 2017.
- Massimo de Angelis (Author, Series Editor), Omnia Sunt Communia: On the Commons and the Transformation to Postcapitalism (In Common), 15 April 2017
- Kevin LaGrandeur, Surviving the Machine Age: Intelligent Technology and the Transformation of Human Work, 1st ed.
29 March 2017 - Peter Joseph, The New Human Rights Movement: Reinventing the Economy to End Oppression. 21 March 2017
- Rutger Bregman, Utopia For Realists And How We Can Get There, 14 March 2017 English Ed.,2014 Dutch Ed.
- Tim Dunlop, Why the Future Is Workless, 1 February 2017
- Dr Martin Danielle, Better Now: Six Big Ideas to Improve Health Care for All Canadians, 1 January 2017
This list of books on Basic Income published before 2017 is incomplete. Please help us complete it.
2016
- Malcolm Torry, The Feasibility of Citizen’s Income, Palgrave Macmillan, 2016
- NZ J Mays, G Marston, and J Tomlinson, editors. Basic Income in Australia and New Zealand: Perspectives from the Neoliberal Frontier, 2016. Includes essays by Keith Rankin and Susan St John.
Before 2016
- Guy Standing, Sarath Davala, Renana Jhabvala, & Soumya Kapoor Mehta, Basic Income: A Transformative Policy for India, 2015.
- Malcolm Torry, 101 Reasons For A Citizen’s Income – Arguments for giving everyone some money, 2015.
- James Ferguson, Give a Man a Fish: Reflections on the New Politics of Distribution, 2015.
- Guy Standing, A Precariat Charter, 2014.
- Karl Wilderquist et al. Editors, Basic Income: An Anthology of Contemporary Research, 2013.
- Matthew C. Murray & Carole Pateman Editors, Basic Income Worldwide: Horizons of Reform, 2012.
- Loek Groot, Basic Income, Unemployment and Compensatory Justice. 2012.
- Guy Standing, The Precariat: The New Dangerous Class, 2011.
- NZ Gareth Morgan & Susan Guthrie. The Big Kahuna: Turning Tax & Welfare In New Zealand On Its Head, 2011.
- Antony Barnes Atkinson, Public Economics in Action, 1995.
- Walter van Trier, Every One a King: An Investigation into the Meaning and Significance of the Debate on Basic Incomes with Special Reference to Three Episodes from the British Inter-War Experience, 1995.
- Thomas Paine, Agrarian Justice. See also: Wikipedia: Agrarian Justice, 1796.
Government reports and comments on the reports
- NZ Craig Elliffe, NZ’s tax system is not progressive – where to from here? 28 April 2023, University of Auckland
- NZ New research into effective average tax rates and the distribution of wealth, NZ Treasury, 26 April 2023
- Benjamin Ching, Tax and Transfer Progressivity in New Zealand: Part 1 Methodology
- Benjamin Ching, Chelsey Reid and Luke Symes, Tax and Transfer Progressivity in New Zealand: Part 2 Results
- Benjamin Ching, Tayla Forward and Oscar Parkyn, Estimating the Distribution of Wealth in New Zealand
- NZ Hon David Parker, IRD report shows wealthy NZers pay much lower tax rates than other earners, 26 April 2023, Beehive.gov.nz . Read the IRD summary.
Journal Articles and other papers
- Diana Bashur and Vibhor Mathur, Basic Income and social cohesion: Exploring the effects of a BI pilot in informal settlements in Hyderabad, Science Direct, World Development Perspectives, Volume 41, March 2026, 100764
- Diana Bashur, How Does Targeted Cash Affect Social Cohesion in Post-conflict Settings? A Structured Review, Sage Journals – Journal of Peace Building and Development, April 16, 2025
- Diana Bashur, Basic income as an innovative social protection tool, socialprotection.org, 13 August 2024.
View on YouTube. - Karl Karl Widerquist, The Deep and Enduring History of Universal Basic Income, MIT , Press Reader, 7 Mar 2024
- NZ Te Utu Tika Hei Oranga i Aotearoa – Basic Income New Zealand Incorporated, Submission to the Productivity Commission, Improving New Zealand’s Economic Resilience, New Zealand Productivity Commission, 17 Apr 2023. See also submission regarding Technology and the Future of Work, Basic Income NZ, February 2020.
- NZ Iain Middleton, Realising a Basic Income, Sep 2022 – Apr 2023, BIEN Congress, University of Brisbane, September 2022.
- NZ Susan St John, ‘Basic Income’ for the old and the young in New Zealand, Economic Policy Centre, University of Auckland Business School, November 2022.
- NZ Iain Middleton, Basic Income: A means to combat the marginalisation of vulnerable workers in precarious employment, Jan 2018 – Apr 2022.
- Diana Bashur, What would a basic income mean for the Arab world? Economic Research Forum, Policy Portal, April 05, 2022
- Scott Santens, Why We Need Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) and Why It Needs Universal Basic Income (UBI), 2021, The Swamp.
- NZ Basic Income New Zealand, submission to the Productivity Commission regarding Technology and the Future of Work, Basic Income NZ, February 2020.
- Max Ghenis, What we learned about basic income in 2019, The UBI Centre, 1 Jan 2020.
- Open Democracy, Beyond Trafficking and Slavery. Universal Basic Income: a way through the storm? Five contributions, September 2019.
- Diana Bashur, The Applicability of Universal Basic Income in Post-Conflict Scenarios: The Syria Case, De Gruyter Brill, June 28, 2019
- NZ Perce Harpham, submission Technology and the future of work, New Zealand Productivity Commission, 23 April 2019.
- NZ Pii-Tuulia Nikula, Introducing a Universal Basic Income in New Zealand – Insights from the Finnish Trial? Briefing Papers, 26 July 2017.
- David Calnitsky, Canadian Review of Sociology – 18 Feb 2016, “More Normal than Welfare”: The Mincome Experiment, Stigma, and Community Experience.
- NZ Susan St John, Improving the affordability of New Zealand Superannuation, Retirement Policy and Research Centre, Economics Department, Business School, The University of Auckland – Feb 2015. This paper shows how changing NZ superannuation recipients to a flat tax will improve the targeting and lower the cost of the scheme.
- Simon Clark, AVINUS Magazin – 2008, A basic income for Russia?
- Pavlina R. Tcherneva, International Journal of Environment Workplace and Employment 2(1) – Jan 2006, Universal assurances in the public interest: evaluating the economic viability of basic income and job guarantees,
- J. E. King & John Marangos, History of Economic Ideas, XIV/2006/1 – 2006, Two Arguments for Basic Income: Thomas Paine (1737-1809) and Thomas Spence (1750-1814)
- Ingrid Roebyns, Analyse & Kritik, 23(1): 88-105) – Jan 2001, Will a basic income do justice to women?
- NZ Keith Rankin, Universal Basic Income Conference, Wellington, March 1998. Universal Basic Income: a System of Tax Reform.
- Charles Clark and Catherine Kavanagh, Journal of Economic Issues June 1996, “Basic Income, Inequality, and Unemployment“.
- Brian Burkitt & Francis Hutchinson, International Issue for Social Economics 21(1): 19-28 February 1994, Major Douglas’ Proposal for a National Dividend.
Articles in the media
- NZ Susan St John, newsroom, University of Auckland, 5 August 2025, Why we should take $3b off top end of Super.
- NZ Keith Rankin, Scoop, 17 July 2023, Income Tax And Common-Sense: The Aotearoa New Zealand Case.
- NZ Frances Cook, New Zealand Herald, 16 July 2020, Cooking the Books: How would a universal basic income work in NZ? With podcast.
- Rutger Bregman, The Correspondent, 2 April 2020, Has the time finally come for universal basic income?
- Gwynne Dyer, the Japan Times – March 28, 2020, Why nobody mentions universal basic income.
- NZ Jenesa Jaram, 2 March 2020, The Spinoff, Is NZ Super sustainable? The truth is, economists don’t know.
- Guy Standing, Open Democracy – September 2019, Basic income and the three varieties of freedom – Freedom costs money.
- Richard Partington, The Guardian – March 18, 2019, Universal basic income ‘would cost less than value of benefit cuts since 2010’.
- Guy Standing, World Economic Forum, 17 January 2019, What has a year of experiments taught us about basic income?
- NZ Jenesa Jaram, 18 Dec 2018, The Spinoff, Stop telling young people NZ Super is unaffordable. NZ Initiative.
- Toru Yamamori, UN Secretary-General endorses UBI, BIEN, 26 September 2018. Links to a Video.
- Elizaveta Fouksman, World Economic Forum, 15 August 2018, Universal basic income costs far less than you might think. Here’s why.
- NZ Jenna Lynch, Newshub – 3 August 2018, Treasury officials recommend Government look at universal basic income.
- Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, July 9 &16, 2018, Who Really Stands to Win from Universal Basic Income?
- Rutger Bregman, World Economic Forum, 29 May 2018, Don’t believe in a universal basic income? This is why it would work, and how we can pay for it.
- Anthony Painter, Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, (RSA) – 16th February 2018, Pathways Towards Economic Security and Universal Basic Income.
- Ellie Mae O’Hagan, The Guardian – June 23, 2017, Love the idea of a universal basic income? Be careful what you wish for.
- Ceri Parker, World Economic Forum, 29 May 2017, Mark Zuckerberg – ‘We should explore universal basic incomes’.
- Chris Weller, Business Insider UK – October 12, 2016, President Obama: We’ll be debating unconditional free money ‘over the next 10 to 20 years’.
- NZ Susan St John, interest.co.nz – May 17, 2016, Rethinking retirement income doesn’t require superpowers.
- NZ Dan Satherley, Newshub – March 23, 2016, The Case for a Universal Basic Income.
- NZ Steve Hart, Weekend Herald – January 18, 2016, The benefits of a universal income.
- Brian Stewart, CBC News – June 1, 2015, Rise of the ‘precariat,’ the global scourge of precarious jobs.
- NZ Rajesh Makwana, Scoop – March 22, 2015, From Basic Income To Social Dividends: Sharing The Value Of Common Resources.
- Guy Standing, The Guardian – December 18, 2014, Basic income paid to the poor can transform lives.
- NZ Gill Caradoc-Davies, Otago Daily Times – April 14, 2014, Urgent need to alter NZ’s wealth.
- Matthew Timms, World Finance – March 18, 2014, Will unconditional basic income solve Europe’s problems?
- Post-Capitalism: Rise of the Collaborative Commons – The Revolution will not be Centralized.
An interesting article in its own right, with a section on UBI about 3/4 of the way through.
Blogs
- Scott Santens, Universal Basic Income Guide
- Ellen Brown, Web of Debt Blog, 3 October 2017, How to Fund a Universal Basic Income Without Increasing Taxes or Inflation.
- Simon Thorpe’s Ideas on the Economy: Science and the Unconditional Basic Income (31 May 2015)
- Tim Harford, A universal income is not such a silly idea (27 Nov 2013).
Video and audio
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- openDemocracy, 1 Dec 2019, Universal Basic Income: the power to say ‘no’, for everyone
- TEDx Lake Como, Guy Standing, 18 Dec 2018, Basic income: utopia or solution?
- TEDx Hyderabad, Dr Vikas Singh, 29 Oct 2018, Universal Basic Income in India
- NZ RNZ Interview with Dr Jess Berentson-Shaw, 22 Jun 2017, The pros and cons of a UBI
- Kurzesagt – In a Nutshell, 8 Jun 2017, The Rise of the Machines – Why Automation is Different this Time
- TEDx University of Rochester, Susan Danziger, 2 Jun 2017, Understanding Universal Basic Income,
- NZ University of Otago Seminar with Prof. Philip Nel, Dr Murat Ungor, & Lowell Manning, 5 Apr 2017,
‘The BIG idea whose time has come: A basic income grant for all?’ - NZ Radio LIVE Interview with Dr Ryan Greenaway-McGrevy, University of Auckland, 27 Mar 2017, Should NZ introduce a universal basic income?
- Huffington Post Interview with Max Harris, 23 Mar 2017, Universal basic income could actually work, here’s how
- TEDx Indor, ASTHA KAPOOR, 23 Mar 2017, Experiment with Universal Basic Income: From idea to implementation.
- World Economic Forum, 19 January 2017, A Basic Income for All: Dream or Delusion?
- NZ TEDx Christchurch, Raf Manji, 12 Dec 2016, A Universal Income needs a focus on citizen Responsibility
- NZ RNZ Interview with Raf Manji, 14 Nov 2016, Is UBI an idea whose time has come?
- NZ RNZ Interview with Kathryn Myronuk, 7 Sep 2016, The Technological Advances Shaping Our Future
- RT Question More, Max Keiser with Stacy Herbert and Guy Standing, 1 Aug 2015, The Keiser Report 791
- Films for Action, Whitney Mallett, 10 Feb 2015, The Town Where Everyone Got Free Money
- TEDx Maastricht, Rutger Bregman, 21 Oct 2014, Why we should give everyone a basic income
- Films for Action, David DeGraw, 7 Sep 2014, The Economics of Revolution & Universal Basic Income
- Films for Action, Andrew Dolan, 1 Apr 2014, 7 Reasons The Universal Basic Income Is Worth Fighting For
Miscellaneous
- BIEN (Basic Income Earth Network) Home page
- BIEN – List of congress papers and links to the papers from 1998
- BIEN – Congress 2019. This congress was attended by a delegation from Basic Income New Zealand
- BIEN – past congress papers
- Economists of interest or showing the viability of a universal income system:
- James Tobin, (1918 – 2002).
- Jan Tinbergen, (1903 – 1994)
- Herbet A. Simon, (1916 – 2001).
- James Meade, (1907 – 1995).
- P2P Foundation
- Queensland University of Technology website, School of Public Health and Social Work – Basic Income
- Wikipedia, Basic Income
- Wikipedia, List of Basic Income Models.
Items by date
- NZ Sue Bradford, Sep 2018, Here Be Dragons: Navigating a Left Approach to Basic Income in Aotearoa New Zealand, COUNTERFUTURES 6
- NZ Gail E Duncan, Aug 2018, Economic Review of the Status of Beneficiaries in NZ. Scoop report.
- NZ Iain Middleton, Jan 2018, Basic Income: A means to combat the marginalisation of vulnerable workers in precarious employment
- BIEN – Congress 2017 ‘Abstracts & Papers’
- Unconditional basic income roundup BIEN Congress 2017 ‘Abstracts & Papers’
- Hugh Segal, Nov 2016, Finding a Better Way: A Basic Income Pilot for Ontario – Update: Consultation process complete, pilot begins in late 2017.
- BIEN, Oct 23, 2016, FRANCE: Senate Report Marks Another Milestone for Basic income
- KELA, Sept 2016, From Idea to Experiment: Report on universal basic income experiment in Finland.
- Critical Legal Thinking, Aug 2016, A feminist case for Basic Income: An interview with Kathi Weeks
- NZ Keith Rankin, Feb 2016, A Universal Basic Income in New Zealand? Discusses the notions of public equity and universalism in New Zealand
- NZ Max Harris and Sebastian Biereema, Labour Party Future of Work Commission Background Paper, 2016, A Universal Basic Income for New Zealand,
- NZ CAANZ/NZIER Report, Oct 2015, Disruptive Technologies, Risks, and Opportunities: Can New Zealand Make the Most of Them?
- Jason Dorrier, Oct 2015, Soon countries won’t compete for cheap labour – but robotics.
- Alexander C. Kaufman, Huffpost – August 2015, Stephen Hawking says we should really be scared of capitalism, not robots.
- NZ Lowell Manning, June 2015, Essay: Basic Income for New Zealand
- NZ Keith Rankin, May 2015, Benefit increase? The truth about the 2015 budget
- NZ Gareth Morgan, Nov 2014, Why a flat tax is fairer, Kiwiblog, presented by a colleague
- Jane G. Gravelle and Thomas L. Hungerford, Jan 2013, Can Contractionary Fiscal Policy Be Expansionary? Congressional Research Service. Supports the proposition that giving money to the poor increases GDP. Partly derived from ….
- Mark Zandi, 2008, A Second Quick Boost From Government Could Spark Recovery. Edited excerpts of testimony Mark Zandi gave before the U.S. House Committee on Small Business on July 24, 2008.
- NZ Alison Marshall, 1996, UBI History in NZ
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Examples of Basic Incomes in action
- NZ New Zealand Superannuation. New Zealand Superannuation is a Basic Income paid to those over 65 but paid at three different rates to allow for accommodation arrangements. The three rates are: in a relationship, single and sharing accommodation, and single and living alone.
- NZ New Zealand Child Benefit. From 1946 until 1985 New Zealand paid a child benefit for every child. This was a Basic Income.
- Alaska Permanent Fund.
- Iran Unconditional Cash Transfer System – see Djavad Salehi-Isfahani and Mohammad H. Mostafavi-Dehzooei, May 2017: Cash Transfers and Labour Supply: Evidence from a Large-Scale Program in Iran.
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Submissions
- Patrick Brown (Executive Director, Equal Right), Diana Bashur (UN Liaison, Basic Income Earth Network), Sarah Hathiari (Board Member, Equal Right), Input for synthesis report on just transition and human rights. August 2024.
New Zealand Submissions advocating Basic Income
- NZ 2025, Review of Retirement Income Policies Submission to the Retirement Commission from Te Utu Tika Hei Oranga i Aotearoa – Basic Income NZ, 28 June 2025.
- NZ 2024, Submission on the Gangs Legislation Amendment Bill to the Parliamentary Justice Select Committee, from the Humanist Society of NZ Incorporated, 2 Sep 2024. This submission suggests that providing a Basic Income will reduce crime and is a better alternative to punitive legislation.
- NZ 2023, Improving New Zealand’s Economic Resilience Submission to the Productivity Commission from Te Utu Tika Hei Oranga i Aotearoa – Basic Income New Zealand Incorporated, 17 Apr 2023.
- NZ 2020, Technological change and the Future of Work Submission to the Productivity Commission from Basic Income New Zealand, February 2020.
- NZ 2018, Public Submission to Tax Working Group, from Iain Middleton, 30 April 2018. Attached paper.
- NZ 2018, Public Submission to Tax Working Group, from Paul Wernham, 30 April 2018.
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Te Utu Tika Hei Oranga i Aotearoa – Basic Income New Zealand 