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Julie Wark and Daniel Raventos, who are associated with our sister organisation in Spain, have just posted a short article on the Open Democracy website explaining how basic income fits into the republican tradition of political thought. As we in Ireland think of how to develop a new, democratic republic, the ideas here are well worth considering.
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An earlier version of this article was published in April 2013 by Feasta: The Foundation for the Economics of Sustainability. www.feasta.org
Anne B Ryan Introduction The system for social security as it has developed in Ireland and many other European countries is not working. It was designed for a different era, to provide income security for the relatively small numbers of people who became temporarily unemployed from standard jobs. Efforts to patch it up in response to new needs have been piecemeal. On the other hand, some EU countries, such as Italy and Greece, have no social security system in place. We need a proactive new system, building on the old system’s principles of security and social solidarity, but far more inclusive. Basic financial security should be a right for all members of society. A system that could achieve this is universal basic income, sometimes called a citizens’ income or dividend, and referred to as basic income in this short introductory paper. |
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