It's basic income : the global debate

Introduction ~ Amy Downes and Stewart Lansley Part I: The case for As artificial intelligence and robotics advance, a basic income may be the only viable solution ~ Martin Ford Could a universal basic income become the basis for working better in a fast-changing world? ~ Eduardo Rodriguez An economic shock absorber ~ Chris Oestereich Questioning the natural order ~ Brian Eno To keep music alive ~ Toby Deller Feminist Reflections on basic income ~ Ursula Barry Women, motherhood and care ~ Vanessa Olorenshaw My own private basic income ~ Karl Widerquist Coming off the fence on UBI ~ Ruth Lister Part II: Towards tomorrow's society A new politics ~ Anthony Painter, Royal Society of Arts UBI for the post-industrial age ~ Roope Mokka and Katariina Rantanen, Demos Helsinki A down payment on a new, cooperative economy ~ Avi Lewis and Katie McKenna, Leap Manifesto Basic income: a solution to which challenge ~ Brenton Caffin, Nesta, UK What we talk about when we talk about work ~ Olivia Hanks, Norwich Radical It's time to stop tinkering ~ Jonathan Bartley and Caroline Lucas, UK Green Party How I learnt to stop worrying and love basic income ~ Jonathan Reynolds MP, Labour Trust trumps control ~ Uffe Elbaek, Alternativet, Denmark Part III: Dissenting voices Why basic income can never be a progressive solution ~ Francine Mestrum A powerful tax engine pulling a tiny cart ~ Ian Gough A Basic Income and the Democratisation of Social Policy ~ Peter Beresford OBE Why a basic income is not good enough ~ Ed Whitfield Unconditional basic income is a dead end ~ Anke Hassel Part IV: Approaches to implementation Basic income and social democracy ~ Philippe van Parijs History and the contemporary UK debate ~ Malcolm Torry, Citizen's Income Trust Basic income and the democratisation of development in Europe ~ Louise Haagh The Indian experience: The debt trap ~ Sarath Davala The Indian experience: The impact on women and girls ~ Soumya Kapoor A Scottish pilot ~ Annie Miller The libertarian case for UBI ~ Matt Zwolinski For us all: redesigning social security for the 2020s ~ Andrew Harrop Making UBI work: the incremental approach ~ Stewart Lansley and Howard Reed Part V: Year of the trials An earthquake in Finland ~ Otto Lehto Growing a movement: the Canadian context ~ Roderick Benns and Jenna van Draanen The post social democratic pathway for the 21st Century The Dutch example ~ Alexander de Roo The California Experiment ~ Elizabeth Rhodes, Y Combinator, USA 'Eight':The Ugandan pilot ~ Steven Janssens, Belgium The Kenyan experiment ~ Give Directly Brazil: a basic income experiment as a citizen-to-citizen project ~ Bruna Augusto and Marcus Brancaglione Part VI: The way forward Building momentum ~ Amy Downes and Stewart Lansley.