/tags/income/ Recent bookmarks tagged #income Mon, 02 Nov 2026 08:24:52 +0000 http://www.suburgian.com/the-state-does-owe-you-a-job/ Generations ago we traded our ability to support ourselves off the land for the coordinated, collective action known as The State<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #economics #imported:pinboard #income #politics #socialism #state</p> Sun, 20 Sep 2015 23:50:09 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:31557 economics imported:pinboard income politics socialism state http://www.suburgian.com/the-state-does-owe-you-a-job Generations ago we traded our ability to support ourselves off the land for the coordinated, collective action known as The State<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #economics #income #politics #socialism #state</p> Sun, 20 Sep 2015 23:50:09 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:25945 economics income politics socialism state http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/17/magazine/switzerlands-proposal-to-pay-people-for-being-alive.html?hp&pagewanted=all&_r=0 There are strong arguments against minimum or basic incomes, too. Cost is one. Creating a massive disincentive to work is another. But some experts said the effect might be smaller than you would think. A basic income might be enough to live on, but not enough to live very well on. Such a program would be designed to end poverty without creating a nation of layabouts. The Mincome experiment offers some backup for that argument, too.“For a lot of economists, the issue was that you would disincentivize work,” said Wayne Simpson, a Canadian economist who has studied Mincome. “The evidence showed that it was not nearly as bad as some of the literature had suggested.”<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #imported:pinboard #income #poverty #to:fb #welfare</p> Wed, 13 Nov 2013 16:55:59 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:32090 imported:pinboard income poverty to:fb welfare http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/17/magazine/switzerlands-proposal-to-pay-people-for-being-alive.html?_r=0&hp=&pagewanted=all There are strong arguments against minimum or basic incomes, too. Cost is one. Creating a massive disincentive to work is another. But some experts said the effect might be smaller than you would think. A basic income might be enough to live on, but not enough to live very well on. Such a program would be designed to end poverty without creating a nation of layabouts. The Mincome experiment offers some backup for that argument, too.“For a lot of economists, the issue was that you would disincentivize work,” said Wayne Simpson, a Canadian economist who has studied Mincome. “The evidence showed that it was not nearly as bad as some of the literature had suggested.”<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #income #poverty #to:fb #welfare</p> Wed, 13 Nov 2013 16:55:59 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:24350 income poverty to:fb welfare