We all seem to favour the idea of social mobility, but forget that upward mobility depends on the downward kind too.
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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 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’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?
Doctor Who is the UK’s new West Wing – and that’s a good thing
Doctor Who is not becoming more “politically correct”, but it is becoming more confident in opening up a debate, just as the West Wing did 15 years ago.
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.
What would a truly universal Universal Basic Services look like?
Up to now, suggestions for Universal Basic Services have been anything but universal. We take a look at what a genuinely universal Universal Basic Services would look like.