/tags/poverty/ Recent bookmarks tagged #poverty Mon, 02 Nov 2026 08:24:52 +0000 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 http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2011/09/marsh_vs_a_simp.html <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #birthcontrol #poverty #pregnancy #sex</p> Thu, 29 Sep 2011 18:10:37 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:18608 birthcontrol poverty pregnancy sex http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Bush_to_CUT_30_Million_Households_1023.html "No money for kids' health insurance, no money to help poor families pay their heating bills but President Bush wants $190 billion additional for 2008 for his wars in Iraq and Afghanistan"<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #bush #iraq #poverty #war</p> Fri, 26 Oct 2007 03:28:50 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:9859 bush iraq poverty war http://www.scalzi.com/whatever/003704.html "Being poor is knowing exactly how much everything costs."<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #economy #poverty</p> Tue, 06 Sep 2005 17:45:28 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:5386 economy poverty