Basic Income: A Solution to our Troubles?
Martin Luther King Jr. said: "I am now convinced that the simplest approach will prove to be the most effective — the solution to poverty is to abolish it directly by a now widely discussed measure: the guaranteed income." It took more than 40 years for Universal Basic Income to become a prominent idea in policy. Now it is seen as a potential solution to the problems of joblessness, inequality, slow pay growth and social cohesion. Does everyone have the right to basic income? How large should it be? Would it have unintended consequences for labour market incentives?
CSEP invites you to engage and participate in a discussion of some of the most important economic problems that "the real world" faces today.
Dr. Karl Widerquist is an Associate Professor at SFS-Qatar, specializing in political philosophy. His research is mostly in the area of distributive justice—the ethics of who has what. He holds two doctorates—one in Political Theory form Oxford University (2006) and one in Economics from the City University of New York (1996). Before coming to Georgetown he was lecturer in Political Theory at the University of Reading (UK) and a Murphy Fellow at Tulane University in New Orleans (LA).
Dr. Malcolm Torry is Director of the Citizen’s Income Trust; he has first degrees in mathematics, theology, philosophy, and economics and management; and higher degrees in social policy and in theology. He has recently completed an honorary research fellowship in the Social Policy Department at the London School of Economics. He is Team Rector of the Church of England Parish of East Greenwich. He is the author of the book 'Money for Everyone: Why we need Citizen's Income'.
CSEP invites you to engage and participate in a discussion of some of the most important economic problems that "the real world" faces today.
Dr. Karl Widerquist is an Associate Professor at SFS-Qatar, specializing in political philosophy. His research is mostly in the area of distributive justice—the ethics of who has what. He holds two doctorates—one in Political Theory form Oxford University (2006) and one in Economics from the City University of New York (1996). Before coming to Georgetown he was lecturer in Political Theory at the University of Reading (UK) and a Murphy Fellow at Tulane University in New Orleans (LA).
Dr. Malcolm Torry is Director of the Citizen’s Income Trust; he has first degrees in mathematics, theology, philosophy, and economics and management; and higher degrees in social policy and in theology. He has recently completed an honorary research fellowship in the Social Policy Department at the London School of Economics. He is Team Rector of the Church of England Parish of East Greenwich. He is the author of the book 'Money for Everyone: Why we need Citizen's Income'.
