We all seem to favour the idea of social mobility, but forget that upward mobility depends on the downward kind too.
Ideas
Radical ideas for a better future.
What is the four-day week, and why do we need it now?
The four day week would see employees across the UK work one fewer day a week while earning the same amount of money. It could have a range of benefits.
The taxes that would genuinely address inequality
One big idea is not going to solve inequality – especially taxes that just target income. Together, these smaller taxes that target wealth will do a lot better at truly addressing inequality.
The advantages and obstacles to Basic Income
Are the psychological and cultural objections insurmountable obstacles?
Semi-skimmed nationalisation: a new model of public ownership
A new, different model of nationalisation would offer the best of both worlds.
What would the impact be of allowing customers to vote on executive pay?
Controlling Executive Remuneration: Securing Fairer Distribution of Income implies a fundamental shift in how we conceive of large companies.
What’s the best way of funding higher education?
State funded higher education, a graduate tax or the UK’s current system of funding higher education – which one works best?
Would a Basic Income scheme be the victim of its own success?
Would the policy’s own success make funding it through income tax impossible?
The many names of Basic Income
For such a simple idea, Basic Income has a complex web of alternative names. Here are some of the other names for Basic Income, including Universal Basic Income and Citizen’s Income, plus a quick guide to what is and what isn’t BI.
Universal Basic Income would be part of a proud British tradition
Far from an aberration, Universal Basic Income would be part of a proud British tradition, and critics should stop pretending otherwise. Like services, universal payments have proved an important part of British political culture.