Providing a basic income to everyone, rich or poor, active or inactive, was advocated by
Paine, Mill, and Galbraith but the idea was never taken seriously. Today, with the welfare …

Abstract On July 3, 2018, the Government of British Columbia announced the creation of an
expert committee to “test the feasibility of a basic income in BC and help find ways to make …

Although ample literature exists on workfare in Ontario, Canada, research on the social
assistance programme for disabled people, the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) …

We design a hybrid guaranteed basic income and earnings subsidy for working-age
Canadians that addresses federalism and work disincentive concerns associated with a …

Recent proposals have been advanced for “self-financing” a basic income guarantee (BIG).
This article critically assesses claims that this method of finance would alleviate the …

Both in Canada and globally, there is significant interest in basic income. Persistent poverty
and inequality, the economic insecurity of many in the middle class, the rise of precarious …

This chapter demonstrates that an unconditional basic income (UBI) paid at a high level is
affordable and feasible in Portugal, without cuts to social services or contributory social …

First, we examine the findings from Mincome, and then address the purpose and design
principles that are beginning to emerge during the current debate about BIG in Canada. We …

We respond to concerns raised by Kesselman (2018) about our illustrative proposal on how
to finance and implement a basic income guarantee (BIG) in Canada (Boadway, Cuff, and …

This chapter addresses the cost objection to basic income, which rests upon the claims that
(a) it is too expensive to implement and (b) that personal income taxes will have to be raised …