Feasta co-hosted two webinars on May 10 and May 17 which explored the experience and the imperative of instituting a Universal Basic Income (UBI) for all people.
The discussion covered these topics and more:
1. the results of the UBI experiments in Finland and the US;
2. where the money can be found to provide everyone with income;
3. what the impacts might be on work, consumption and inflation;
4. and what steps we will need to take to make UBI a reality.
Three organizations teamed up to bring a group of global specialists together for these webinars: Feasta, Vermonters for a New Economy, and the Pod of Gold podcast of Gamechangers.
Video of the May 10 webinar:
Video of the May 17 webinar:
Many thanks to Gwendolyn Hallsmith for editing and uploading the videos.
The discussions included members of Feasta North America as well as special guests.
On May 10 we heard from:
Elinor Buchen, US
Office of Mayor Libby Schaaf, Oakland, CA
Mayors for a Guaranteed Income
Maruka Turunen, Finland
Government of Finland
Greg Nasif, US
Humanity Forward
On May 17 we heard from:
Michel Bauwens, Thailand
Peer-to-Peer Foundation
Herbert Jauch, Namibia
Viva Workers
Scott Santens, US
Co-author of What Do We Do About Inequality?
Enno Schmidt, Germany
Co-Founder of Switzerland’s UBI Initiative
Maruka Turunen, Finland
Government of Finland
FEASTA North America participants included:
Brent Ranalli, US
Author of Common Wealth Dividends: History and Theory
Mike Sandler, US
CarbonShare.org
Gwendolyn Hallsmith, US
Vermonters for a New Economy
James Boyce, US
Political Economy Research Institute, UMass
Alison Macintyre, Canada
Centre for Behavioural Economics, Society, and Technology, Queensland University of Technology
Featured image: https://www.freeimages.com/photo/hello-i-m-just-visiting-from-another-planet-1641355
