Here’s a fascinating article in Evonomics about how the commons and economic rent generally can be captured by governments and redistributed through a dividend. Our ask for capturing the value of minerals (economic rent), saving it and distributing the income is merely a single case in what is possible. The cap-and-dividend proposal by Our Children’s Trust is also merely a single …
Author: Goenchi Mati
Talk at JNU on Aug 22
JNU will host Rahul Basu from the Goenchi Mati Movement for a talk on Aug 22 on the Goenchi Mati Movement proposal. The talk will be hosted by the Centre for Comparative Politics and Political Theory, School of International Studies, and will take place at 2pm at the Kunzru Committee Room, SIS (Room No. 203). This talk will focus more on the political economy aspects …
Talk at TERI University on Aug 24
Rahul Basu from the Goenchi Mati Movement will be talking at TERI University, New Delhi on August 24. Its at 1:15 pm at L001. Do attend if you get a chance. Details are here.
New Zealand’s Basic Income for those above 65
Gareth Morgan of Morgan Foundation points out that New Zealand has had a version of Universal Basic Income from the 1930s. He discusses how old age poverty is low, but child poverty is high by contrast. And how many of those getting the basic income volunteer a lot.
Seed money for the All India Permanent Fund?
The CAG reports that some Rs. 9,307 crores is recoverable from Reliance on account of the KG basin operations. As the block is offshore, the minerals are owned by all the people of India. Our share is Rs. 74 each. But we must stop cheating our children and future generations. Let’s use this money to start off the All India Permanent Fund. Would anyone …
Movement for Black Lives see a Basic Income as a key solution
The Movement for Black Lives Matter has strongly endorsed Universal Basic Income. “No other social or economic policy solution today would be of sufficient scale to eradicate the profound and systematic economic inequities affecting black communities”. A Citizen’s Dividend, simply by being more helpful to one who is poor or disadvantaged compared to the rich, is a progressive idea.
Citizen’s Dividend will increase our unity
Scott Santens quotes from a variety of studies of unconditional cash transfers to show that a Universal Basic Income increases social cohesion, and makes people happier. No better reason for a Citizen’s Dividend.
What is the Goa CM hiding?
The Goa CM, Laxmikant Parsekar, refused to provide details of iron ore exports in the Goa assembly yesterday, despite collecting the information. Team Herald reports.
Gujarat model of public sector mining
Public sector mining is one way to achieve Zero Loss mining. The Goa government should take a leaf from Gujarat and reserve the state from public sector mining.
Why are we in the dumps?
Dumps are a huge hidden store of value, a good starting corpus for the Permanent Fund