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What difference would our new proposals for a Basic Income style payment make to workers’ lives?

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16 Feb 2018

Jamie Cooke

Examples of where we feel the Universal Basic Opportunity Fund could bring great economic security and better work to the lives of people in the UK.
Pathways towards economic security and Universal Basic Income

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16 Feb 2018

Anthony Painter

Our new report offers a practical means of advancing the UK towards a Universal Basic Income system. The Universal Basic Opportunity Fund could represent a stepping stone – to be enacted now – towards a better way of enabling citizens to live meaningful and contributory lives.
Economic insecurity in our times: the RSA’s new analysis

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12 Jan 2018

Anthony Painter

Anthony Painter discusses the state of 21st century economic insecurity and why work alone is not enough to keep it at bay.
The peculiar story of Margaret Thatcher and Basic Income

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06 Dec 2017

Charlie Young

Most wouldn’t peg Margaret Thatcher for a basic income enthusiast. But, Charlie Young says, she instituted a policy that broke the mould of her traditional ‘small state’ world view
An economy and society stuck in low gear?

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09 Nov 2017

Anthony Painter

Anthony Painter considers the political economy of the past two decades and considers whether we may be heading for a long stagnation and concludes that without concerted action we may be.
Universal Basic Services or Universal Basic Income?

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16 Oct 2017

Anthony Painter

The social contract between citizen, state and market is failing. The challenge is to design a new social contract that enables adaptation, argues Anthony Painter.
How has basic income progressed from radical idea to legitimate policy?

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10 Oct 2017

Anna Dent

Previously an idea very much at the margins of politics and policy debates, basic income has recently enjoyed a steep rise in popularity. But how and why has this occurred, and what has led a growing number of countries to invest in basic income experiments?
Scottish Government will fund Basic Income experiments

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04 Sep 2017

Jamie Cooke Anthony Painter

The RSA welcomes the announcement of the Scottish Government that it will support and fund local Basic Income pilots.
Moving beyond the hype and counter-hype of technology

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15 Aug 2017

Anthony Painter

Conversations about the future of technology are almost entirely set in the wrong direction, argues Anthony Painter.
Foundations of a people's economy

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11 Jul 2017

Anthony Painter

Anthony Painter argues that the Taylor Review is the start of a fundamental shift in our national political priorities.