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Finding a Way Through
Basic Income, Artificial Intelligence and Reimagining Immigration Universal Basic Income (UBI) – that is to say provision of a living allowance for all citizens regardless of their employment status – is an idea that has interested me for many years. … Continue reading
Posted in Comment, Economics
Tagged ai, ArtificialIntelligence / AI, Automation / JobDisplacement, ClimateMigration, EconomicReform, Economics, FutureOfWork, GlobalChallenges, ImmigrationPolicy, news, PolicyWonk, PoliticalEconomy, Politics, ProgressiveEconomics, SocialSafetyNet, TechEthics, TechFuturism, technology, UniversalBasicIncome / UBI
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Did I Say That?…Next Question!
Arguments for Defence and Foreign Aid Spending in a Volatile World. [2130 words] I’ve spent a good part of my life arguing in favour of defusing conflict by means of unilateral disarmament and negotiation. I now find myself in the … Continue reading
Indebted
Why and How the UK Can and Should Invest Now in Grid-Upgrade and Solar Power The national debt is a perpetual and festering sore in any discussion of our economy. The more we borrow, the heavier the millstone we pass … Continue reading
Will Hutton at the Fringe…
John Curtis: His framing of a possible future Scottish independence referendum was not one I had previously heard: a choice between one union, in which Scotland is currently a very significant if somewhat discontented fraction, and another, in which Scotland would be a very small part. Continue reading
Posted in Brexit, Comment, Economics, Electoral Reform
Tagged "Labour Party", Economics, electoral reform, john-crace, john-curtis, keir-starmer, Politics, uk-politics, will-hutton
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Outgrow the System
A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT TRANSITIONING TO A SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC SYSTEM With thanks to Reel to Real Cinema, the Stove Network and the Climate Kitchen Dumfries for providing the opportunity to view and discuss this film. There is no argument with the … Continue reading
Government borrowing and the sins of the fathers
According to Michael Snyder, commenting in 2010 on the scale of US Government borrowing: We have sold our children and our grandchildren into perpetual debt slavery.[1] Government borrowing now, as a response to the pandemic is a staggering figure, significantly … Continue reading
People Fixing the World … with a doughnut?
I have recently started to include in my regular podcast diet, a programme with the optimistic title, People Fixing the World. Recent episodes have included: Riding the solar railway, on how to make train journeys greener using the power of … Continue reading
Posted in Economics
Tagged "dougnut economics", "People Fixing the World", "The Deficit Myth", Keynes, MMT
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Freedom and the Tiger which must be Tamed
Freedom’s Just another word for nothing left to lose. This line from Kris Kristofferson’s 1969 song, Me and Bobby McGee, offers a memorable, if somewhat world-weary stab, at defining freedom, and then adds the further, deadpan qualification: … nothin’ … Continue reading
Studying Keynes is more important than ever…
Studying Keynes is more important than ever This podcast, an interview with Zachary Carter, author of The Price of Peace: Money, Democracy, and the Life of John Maynard Keynes, focuses on the theme of my previous post on Boris Johnson’s … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, In the time of coronavirus
Tagged "Zachary Carter", Economics, Keynes, Roosevelt
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Brexit Revisited
The Democratic Case for Pooling Sovereignty Although I voted to remain in the European Union in the 2016 referendum, this did not reflect an entirely uncritical view of the European project and, in particular, its democratic structures. I was interested … Continue reading →