Reposted from 1995. (Continued from Part 1.) (5) The Resolution of Dissonance Creates Paradigmatic Breakthroughs In the course of creating a largescale employment project, dissonance will arise. Disagreement may ensue. A scheme may be abandoned. But history shows numerous examples where dissonance has been the occasion, not for abandoning a scheme, but for creating a […]
Coronavirus Response, April 8 -1
A roundup of articles on the status of the Coronavirus and ways we can help…. Von der Leyen: EU plans to spend €100bn to save jobs during coronavirus crisis Daniel Boffey, The Guardian, 02 Apr 2020 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/02/eu-plans-to-spend-100bn-on-saving-jobs-amid-coronavirus-crisis European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen holds a news conference detailing EU efforts to limit economic […]
Coronavirus Response, April 7 – 2
A roundup of articles on the status of the Coronavirus and ways we can help…. Online Conference April 14-16 Using Covid-19 Crisis to Fix the World Good News Network, Apr 3, 2020 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/online-conference-april-14-16-using-covid-19-crisis-to-fix-the-world/ “I cannot think of another time in the last million years when our species has been united against a common enemy,” […]
Coronavirus Response, April 7, 2020 – 1
A roundup of articles on the status of the Coronavirus and ways we can help…. Coronavirus: Why healthcare workers are at risk of moral injury BBC.com, April 6, 2020 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52144859 It is widely known that veterans can return from war with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Far less appreciated is moral injury – a trauma […]
Coronavirus Response, April 5 – 2
A roundup of articles on the status of the Coronavirus and ways we can help…. Seattle a ghost town? Thanks to Tom. COVID-19 requires gender-equal responses to save economies Isabelle Durant, Deputy Secretary-General, and Pamela Coke-Hamilton, Director, Division on International InterPress Service, April 2, 2020 http://www.ipsnews.net/2020/04/covid-19-requires-gender-equal-responses-save-economies/ GENEVA, Apr 2 2020 – Globally, women […]
Coronavirus Response, April 4 – 2
A roundup of articles on the status of the Coronavirus and ways we can help…. “We’re on Our Knees Here” Shirley Watts, an operating theatre nurse at a hospital in Basildon, posted a video to a Facebook group after a long and difficult shift in ICU treating patients with coronavirus. Healthcare Worker Broke […]
Coronavirus Response, April 3 – 1
A roundup of articles on the status of the Coronavirus and ways we can help…. Expats ask for universal basic income amid COVID-19 crisis Jung Min-ho, The Korea Times, April 3, 2020 https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2020/04/177_287235.html Foreign workers in Korea are asking for universal basic income amid the COVID-19 pandemic, saying excluding them from access to the […]
UN Official Calls on Governments to Introduce Universal Basic Income
I’m not sure that the opinion of one UN official equals the UN calling for a UBI. I’ll be happy if it turns out to. UN calls on governments to introduce universal basic income Leaders League, 30-03-2020 https://www.leadersleague.com/en/news/un-calls-on-governments-to-introduce-universal-basic-income Governments should consider the introduction of an emergency universal basic income as “bold financial approaches” are needed […]
Coronavirus Response, April 1, 2020 – 1
A roundup of articles on the status of the Coronavirus and ways we can help…. After the Reval, let’s bring universal medicare to America so this can never happen again. Teenager Turned Away from Urgent Care for Lack of Insurance Dies After Testing Positive for COVID-19 Renee Fabian, The Mighty, March 27, 2020 https://money.yahoo.com/teenager-turned-away-urgent-care-211500313.html?utm_source=ground.news […]
Coronavirus Response, March 31 – 1
A roundup of articles on the status of the Coronavirus and ways we can help…. Because the allegations around ID2020 are part of the staged virus attack, we include an article on it here. From Us For You Has the Coronavirus entered its sharp drop-off phase now? https://files.catbox.moe/np295b.jpeg From 2017. What Cuba Can Teach […]
Automation and the Case for a Universal Basic Income – Part 1/2
Part 1 looks at Dr. Ibrahim’s well-stated case for a universal basic income. Part 2 looks at an article from 1998 discussing twenty years ago what Dr. Ibrahim is talking about now. COVID-19 and the case for the universal basic income Dr. Azeem Ibrahim, Arab News, Marc h 29, 2020 https://arab.news/gsb3x The idea of a […]
Automation and the Case for a Universal Basic Income – Part 2/2
By 1998, when this article was published, automation had been stripping the labor market for one, perhaps two decades already. We were nowhere near considering addressing the social costs of automation. We were busy playing Tetris and loving our computers. If This is Your Job, Watch Out! Steve Beckow, Toronto Globe and Mail, June 1, […]
Canada: Basic Income’s Lessons for Health Care’s ‘$1,007 Sandwich’
Basic Income’s Lessons For Health Care’s ‘$1,007 Sandwich’ COVID-19 is changing the conversation around basic income. Zi-Ann Lum, HuffPost Canada, 03/29/2020 https://tinyurl.com/uvmy3rc OTTAWA — Poverty has long weighed on Hugh Segal’s mind. For decades, the former senator has been a vocal champion for a guaranteed basic income to lift the country’s poorest out of the […]
Coronavirus Response, March 28 – 2
A roundup of articles on the status of the Coronavirus and ways we can help…. There are so many stories coming out now, we may need to post several roundups throughout the day…. Several articles on UBI. UBI is becoming an idea whose time has come. Petition for Universal Basic Income Catherine Early, Ecologist, 26th […]
Coronavirus Response – March 26 – 2
A roundup of articles on the status of the Coronavirus and ways we can help…. There are so many stories coming out now, we’ll need to post several roundups throughout the day…. Coronavirus outbreak may prompt policymakers to seriously consider pros, cons of universal basic income, says Stanford scholar Melissa De Witte, March 24, 2020 […]
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