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Subject: 	BIEN NewsFlash 36, November 2005
Date: 	Mon, 05 Dec 2005 11:38:50 +0100
From: 	Yannick Vanderborght <vanderborght at etes.ucl.ac.be>
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BIEN - BASIC INCOME EARTH NETWORK
www.basicincome.org
The Basic Income Earth Network was founded in 1986 as the Basic Income 
European Network. It expanded its scope from Europe to the Earth in 2004. 
It serves as a link between individuals and groups committed to or 
interested in basic income, and fosters informed discussion on this topic 
throughout the world.
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NewsFlash 36, November 2005

Newsletter Editor: Yannick Vanderborght (vanderborght at etes.ucl.ac.be)
The present NewsFlash has been prepared with the help of Markus Blümel, 
David Casassas, Benoît Dubreuil, Per Janson, Corina Rodríguez Enríquez, 
Eduardo Suplicy, Monika Thalhammer, Philippe Van Parijs, and KarlWiderquist.

CONTENTS

1. Editorial

2. Events
*VIENNA (AT), 7-9 October 2005: Basic Income Congress.
*BUENOS AIRES (AG), 5 November 2005: Annual Meeting of the Argentinian 
Basic Income Network.
*BRASILIA (BR), 6 November 2005: Suplicy meets Bush during Brazil-United 
States Summit
*PHILADELPHIA (US), 24-26 February 2006: The Fifth Congress of USBIG

3. Glimpses of national debates
*CANADA: PROSPERITY BONUS IN ALBERTA
*CANADA: BASIC INCOME RESURFACES IN QUEBEC
*CANADA: MAJOR PRIVATE BANK RECOMMENDS A REFUNDABLE TAX CREDIT
*DENMARK: LOW POLITICAL FEASIBILITY FOR BASIC INCOME
*FRANCE: THIRTY IDEAS FOR THE LEFT
*FRANCE: FEDERALIST PARTY IN FAVOUR OF AN "EXISTENCE INCOME"
*SOUTH AFRICA: PROTESTERS CALL FOR A BASIC INCOME FOR ALL
*THE NETHERLANDS: GREEN PARTY SUPPORTS A MORE ACTIVE WELFARE STATE
*UNITED KINGDOM: DEBATE ON A CITIZEN'S PENSION SYSTEM
*UNITED STATES: ALASKA DIVIDEND IS GETTING INCREASING ATTENTION

4. Publications
*French
*German
*English

5. New Links
*Italian
*German

6. About the Basic Income Earth Network
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1. EDITORIAL

On November 2-4, 2006, BIEN will hold its first International Conference 
since it turned to the worldwide "Basic Income Earth Network". The event 
will take place in Cape Town, South Africa. More details in the next issue 
of our NewsFlashes.
In the meanwhile, BIEN's Executive Commitee is delighted to announce that 
members of one of its most active components, the U.S. Basic Income 
Guarantee Network (USBIG), have just edited a major volume on the ethics 
and economics of basic income (see Publications section below). The editors 
Widerquist, Lewis, and Pressman have collected stimulating essays on 
various aspects of the idea, and have included a whole section devoted to 
basic income debates outside of the USA. In his appraisal of the essay, 
Philippe Van Parijs, chair of BIEN's international board and former 
Secretary of the network, write the following: "Yes, a different world is 
possible, and it will include basic income security for all. But it will 
not come about without a thorough discussion involving a broad range of 
scholars, determined to look beyond the borders of their discipline and 
their nation, and eager to learn from the failures of the past. This is 
precisely the sort of collective effort which this book splendidly 
illustrates."
This is, no doubt, the sort of collective effort that will allow BIEN to 
remain a lively network.

BIEN's Executive Committee

2. EVENTS

*VIENNA (AT), 7-9 October 2005: Basic Income Congress.
This first German-language congress entirely devoted to basic income was a 
truly impressive event. Jointly sponsored by the Austrian Network for Basic 
Income and Social Cohesion, the German basic income network, ATTAC Germany, 
and ATTAC Austria, locally organized (like BIEN's 1996 Vienna congress) by 
the Katholische Sozialakademie, it gathered over three hundred people, 
essentially from Austria, Germany and Switzerland, for two full days of 
intense exchanges, some in plenary sessions, others in parallel sessions 
and even, one evening, in the form of "philosophical cafes" in several of 
Vienna's famous cafes. The congress received good Press coverage. On the 
first evening, after a panel which enabled each of the organizing networks 
to introduce itself, Philippe Van Parijs (Louvain and Harvard) gave an 
opening lecture. This was followed by another panel in which Margit Appel 
(from  from the Austrian Network ­ the coordinator of the congress - and 
the Katholische Sozialakademie) stressed the liberating virtue of basic 
income, especially for women. She argued that technological progress makes 
it possible to gradually replace human labor. Since the notion of "full 
employment" is not viable anymore, an unconditional basic income at the 
highest level should be introduced. Harald Rein (from the German unemployed 
movement) explained how basic income has emerged in the public debate as an 
alternative to full employment, while Emmerich Tálos (University ofVienna) 
remained unconvinced and restated the case for a needs-oriented (and hence 
means-tested) social protection. The second day was entirely devoted to 
parallel workshops. And on the final morning, the concluding session 
gathered the Swiss feminist theologian Ursula Knecht-Kaiser and Senator 
Eduardo Suplicy, co-chair of BIEN, who managed to get the congress to close 
with the assembly singing "Blowing in the wind" under the leadership of 
Margit Appel (chief coordinator of the congress) and himself.
	Whether in plenaries or in parallel sessions, the congress did not evade 
some thorny questions, such as why the Trade Unions do not support a 
proposal that, at least at first sight, would seem to strengthen their 
bargaining power, or whether an unconditional basic income involves the 
risk that unemployed people are made to understand that society has no use 
for them. Particularly striking were the active participation of 
representatives of unemployed movements and the speed with which the idea 
of an unconditional basic income turned out to have spread in recent years 
in both Germany and Austria. Two new introductory books (Attach Germany's 
Grundeinkommen: bedingungslos, and Vanderborght and Van Parijs's Ein 
Grundeinkommen für alle? were published so as to be ready for thecongress. 
The coordinator of the German network also announced that the September 
2005 German election sent at least three active basic income supporters to 
the federal Parliament, including (for the Linkspartei) Katja Kipping, 
initiator of the network. And the event was extensively covered by the 
national Austrian and German press. Thus, the Austrian national daily Die 
Presse devoted two pages to the theme, including a front page headline 
announcing that the socialist mayor of Vienna Michael Häupl expressed his 
sympathy for the idea: "After the [imminent municipal] election", he told 
the newspaper, "I shall strongly express my interest for such a basic 
income system, because the existing system of social assistance, family 
assistance and the like is opaque and smells of the charity state of the 
past." Germany's Tageszeitung (close to the Greens) and Neues Deutschland 
(close to the new "Left Party") also covered the event extensively, the 
Stuttgarter Zeitung carried an article, and several in-depth radio 
interviews and dossiers were broadcast.

*BUENOS AIRES (AG), 5 November 2005: Annual Meeting of the Argentinian 
Basic Income Network.
The Red Argentina de Ingreso Ciudadano (REDAIC, Argentine Basic Income 
Network) held its first Annual Meeting on November 5th at the Faculty of 
Economics of the University of Buenos Aires. It was an open meeting to 
discuss key issues regarding the Basic Income debate in Argentina. The 
meeting consisted of two sessions. The first one, on "Basic Income andReal 
Freedom", consisted of presentations by María Julia Bertomeu, aresearcher 
from the Universidad Nacional de La Plata and CONICET (National Council of 
Scientific and Technical Research) and Cristian Pérez Muñoz, aresearcher 
from the Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay. The first 
session was coordinated by Elsa Gil, REDAIC secretary. The second session, 
on "Basic Income, Work and Labour" consisted of presentations by the 
participation of Noemí Giosa Zuazúa, a researcher from the Centro 
Interdisciplinario para el Estudio de Políticas Públicas (CIEPP, 
Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Public Policies) and Corina 
Rodríguez Enríquez, a researcher from CIEPP and CONICET. The secondsession 
was coordinated by Rubén Lo Vuolo, president of REDAIC. The main 
conclusions from the debates which took place at the meeting will be soon 
available on www.ingresociudadano.org

*BRASILIA (BR), 6 November 2005: Suplicy meets Bush during Brazil-United 
States Summit
On November 6, 2005, US President George W. Bush met Brazilian President 
Lula da Silva in the Brazilian capital Brasilia. Just after his 22 minutes 
conference on the very same day, President Bush had a short conversation 
with Brazilian Senator and co-chair of BIEN Eduardo Matarazzo Suplicy. 
According to a Press release that has been sent by Suplicy to The New York 
Times, Rolling Stone, as well as to BIEN and USBIG Newsletter editors, the 
following brief but interesting conversation took place:
SUPLICY: "I am Senator Eduardo Suplicy, from the Worker's Party. With 
respect to the integration of the Americas we should have the purpose of 
not only to have the free movement of capital, goods and services, without 
any barriers, but also and mainly of what is most important, that is, of 
human beings from Alaska to the Patagonia. More than that we should also 
have what you already have in Alaska with much success, a citizen's basic 
income to all residents in that State."
BUSH: "Well, in Alaska they have lots of oil"
SUPLICY: "But we may have a basic income from all the forms of wealth that 
are created. I would like to suggest that in order to create the conditions 
for real peace based on justice in Iraq that we should stimulate the 
Iraqians to follow the example of Alaska that pays every year a basic 
income to all residents living in that State in the form of dividends that 
result from the Alaska Permanent Fund."
BUSH (assertively): "We are working on that! We are working on that! Thank 
you."
This is not the first time that Eduardo Suplicy is defending the idea of a 
Permanent Fund Dividend in Iraq. On May 26, 2003, just after the Brazilian 
Sergio Vieira de Mello was nominated the Coordinator of the United Nations 
Actions in Irak, Suplicy wrote to him suggesting that he could advise the 
Iraqians to follow the example of the Alaskans in order to create real 
conditions of justice, equity, freedom and peace among the people after 
such a long time of disruption, violence and war. In his letter, which he 
wrote as the president of the Foreign Relations and National Defense 
Committee of the Brazilian Senate, he explained to Vieira de Mello how the 
idea had evolved in Alaska.
For further information on the Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend ($845.76 in 
2005): http://www.pfd.state.ak.us/
See also "United States" in the Section "Glimpses of National Debates"below.

*PHILADELPHIA (US), 24-26 February 2006: The Fifth Congress of the U.S. 
Basic Income Guarantee Network
The Fifth Congress of the U.S. Basic Income Guarantee Network will be held 
in conjunction with the Eastern Economic Association (EEA) Annual 
Conference in Philadelphia at the Loews Hotel, 1200 Market Street 
Philadelphia, Friday February 24 to Sunday February 26, 2006. The general 
theme shall be: "Resources and Rights". The Congress is co-sponsored by 
USBIG and the Citizen Policies Institute. The deadline for submissions was 
October 29, 2005. The program includes twelve sessions and more than forty 
speakers. A tentative schedule has been posted on USBIG's webiste 
http://www.usbig.net/.

3. GLIMPSES OF NATIONAL DEBATES

*CANADA: PROSPERITY BONUS IN ALBERTA
The government of Alberta (Canada) has announced that citizens of the 
province will start seeing their 400 CAN$ per-person Alberta 2005 Resource 
Rebate cheques (294.5 Euros) in mailboxes in January 2006. Returning some 
of this year's higher than anticipated oil-revenues to Albertans is just 
one part of the province's plan for this year's strong revenues. Its 
strategy also includes infrastructure investment and savings in endowments. 
"A typical family of four will receive 1,600 CAN$ tax free with this 
program," Finance Minister Shirley McClellan said. "Albertans work hard and 
contribute to the strength of the province. Alberta has eliminated the 
accumulated debt, invested in priority programs, and sustained the lowest 
overall tax burden in Canada. This is money Albertans can use for 
themselves, to spend or save as they see fit."
To receive the rebate, one must have been an Alberta resident on September 
1, 2005 and have filed a 2004 Canadian tax return. Children whose families 
already receive the Canada Child Tax Benefit or the Alberta Family 
Employment Tax Credit automatically qualify, and payments will go to the 
primary caregiver, usually the mother. Most children are registered, but 
those parents who have never done so must complete a form available on the 
Canada Revenue Agency website.
Albertans have until December 2006 to register for the Canada Child Tax 
Benefit or file their 2004 tax returns and still receive the rebate. 
Supplementary cheque runs will follow to address these and other special 
cases.
"This is a huge administrative task, and we must make sure it is done 
right," said Minister McClellan. "Some oversights can be expected in a 
project of this size, but the vast majority of Albertans will receive the 
rebate without problems." Administrative costs will be under 10 million 
CAN$, less than one per cent of the program cost.
The resource rebate will total between 1.3 billion CAN$ and 1.4 billion 
CAN$. The majority of the higher than expected revenue will be allocated to 
infrastructure and savings.
For further information: www.gov.ab.ca or the official "Surplus" website: 
http://www.gov.ab.ca/home/albertasurplus/

*CANADA: BASIC INCOME RESURFACES IN QUEBEC
On October 19, 2005, an informal group of prominent intellectuals, 
including the former Prime Minister of Quebec Lucien Bouchard, published a 
much-discussed manifesto on the future of the Province. In "Pour un Québec 
lucide" ("Clear-eyed vision of Quebec"), they argue that despite its 
economic growth Quebec is facing unprecedented challenges, partly due to 
its very low fertility rate. The authors suggest a few paths of reform, 
including massive investments in education and innovation, and a 
substantial tax reform. They also argue for a basic income: "Québec could 
also consider creating a guaranteed minimum income plan. This plan would 
make direct transfers to each citizen and would replace several existing 
programs for redistributing income (...). Such a system would have the 
advantage of reducing the cumbersome bureaucracy required to administer 
multiple, complex programs. The Québec model is founded on the ideal of 
social solidarity that we espouse with conviction. We are also convinced 
that if it is to be put into practice, this solidarity must be efficient."
(Available in English and French at http://www.pourunquebeclucide.com)
In a column which was published in the French-language daily "La Presse" 
(Montréal) on October 26, 2005, Camille Bouchard, a member of theQuebecois 
provincial parliament ("Assemblée nationale") and a figure of the 
nationalist "Parti Québécois", criticizes the guaranteed minimum income 
plan. She argues that a substantial basic income might prove incompatible 
with the neo-liberal proposals included in the other sections of the 
manifesto, and put its feasibility into question (see 
http://www.politiquessociales.net/Docs/pourunquebeccoherent.htm)
Within the "Parti Quebecois" itself, basic income was recently endorsed by 
two of the candidates to the direction of the party, Pauline Marois and, in 
a more vigorous way, Gilbert Paquette. In a short but detailed document, 
Paquette argues for a "revenu de citoyenneté" (a citizen's income), which 
he sees as a major reform to be implemented in an independant Quebec (see 
http://www.gilbertpaquette.org/solidarite_lutte_pauvrete.htm).

*CANADA: MAJOR PRIVATE BANK RECOMMENDS A REFUNDABLE TAX CREDIT
In its Sept.-Oct. 2005 Newsletter, USBIG reported that one of Canada's 
largest private banks had recommanded a basic income. Toronto's TD Bank 
Financial Group is a prominent member of the Task Force for Modernizing 
Income Security for Working Age Adults (MISWAA). The MISWAA Task Force was 
launched last year by the Toronto City Summit Alliance (TCSA) and Toronto's 
St. Christopher House to identify failings in the present income security 
system and recommend a road map for change. The Task Force is composed of 
leaders from the business, academic, government and non-profit sectors, 
including those with first-hand experience dealing with income security 
issues. A new report prepared by TD Economics on behalf of this Task Force 
highlights the need for broad-based income security reform in Canada. 
According to a Press release which was published by TD Bank Financial Group 
on September 8, 2005, the report includes a critique of current welfare 
programmes, which give recipients little financial incentive to get off 
social assistance. Accordingly, two alternatives should be considered: a 
working income supplement and a refundable tax credit for all low-income 
adults. "It's not a perfect solution", TD's Senior Vice President andchief 
economist Don Drummond argues: "there would be a net cost, and because both 
measures would need to be income-tested, they would raise marginal 
effective tax rates over some range of income. But, if properly designed, 
the two measures would take some of the pressure off welfare to shore up 
the financial security of low-income adults. And, they would have the 
virtue of doing so through anonymous, rules-based programs that are free of 
the stigma and intrusive administrative oversight that go along with 
discretionary programs like welfare."
The report can be downloaded at 
http://www.td.com/economics/special/welfare05.pdf

*DENMARK: LOW POLITICAL FEASIBILITY FOR BASIC INCOME
In Denmark the flat tax proposal has been repeatedly debated in recent 
months. According to BIEN-Denmark (Borgerlønsbevægelsen), a liberalthink 
tank called CEPHOS held a conference on this idea on June 28, 2005. A 
number of liberal politicians have expressed some interest in the idea, but 
the Danish minister of Taxation has, so far, rejected it. One of the 
pioneers of the Danish Basic Income debate, former professor in economics 
Gunnar Thorlund Jepsen, University of Aarhus, wrote a thought-provoking 
feature article entitled 'Flad skat og borgerydelse' ('Flat Tax and 
Citizens Income', in Jyllandsposten, August 8, 2005), in which he supported 
the idea of a flat tax, while also pointing to the fact that it should be 
combined with some sort of Citizen's income. But it did not lead to any 
further debate.
In November 2005 the physician Ellen Ryg Olsen published a book entitled 
'Syge påtvangsarbejde ­ om behandling af førtidspensionsansøgere'('Sick 
People in Forced Labour ­ Treatment of Disability Retirement Benefit 
Applicants), documenting the pressure from the state and municipal 
authorities that is put on sick, worn-out and expelled people, with the 
purpose of having them go through work test assessments, so that they can 
be integrated in the job market. One of her suggestions, as an alternative 
to this system, is an unconditional basic income. Olsen argues that such a 
reform will allow to eliminate the current system of clientization and 
reduce state bureaucracy.
	The welfare debate in Denmark is otherwise dominated by the fact that The 
Danish Welfare Commission (appointed by the government) will be delivering 
its final report on December 7, 2005. Based on preliminary reports it is 
expected that the commission will recommend a discontinuation of the Danish 
early retirement benefit system and a raising of the pension age with a 
view to increase the number of people in the job market. The reason for 
this is that demographic statistical projections indicate a decrease in the 
number of individuals in the labour force. Further it is expected that they 
will propose the establishing of a more selective welfare state, for 
instance through increased user charge. An Alternative Welfare Commission 
(appointed by various labour unions and grassroot organisations) has 
already published an alternative report called 'Velfærdssamfundetsfremtid' 
('The Future of Welfare Society'), Socialpolitisk Forening, in which they 
question the estimations of the Welfare Commission, while at the same time 
proposing the continuation and development of the universal Danish welfare 
state. The report does not mention Basic Income as a possible means for the 
implementation of an alternative welfare policy.
	This shows that Basic Income has a hard time finding its way to the Danish 
political agenda. The Danish Basic Income Movement has just published a 
folder called 'Basisindkomst (borgerløn) ­ hvorfor og hvordan?' ('Basic 
Income ­ Why and How?'), showing three different models for the 
implementation and financing of Basic Income for all citizens.
For further information: http://www.borgerloen.dk/

*FRANCE: THIRTY IDEAS FOR THE LEFT
On November 10, 2005, the left-of-center daily "Libération" has publisheda 
special issue on "Thirty ideas to revive the Left" ("Trente idées pour 
réveiller la gauche"). Starting with an interview of Philippe Van Parijs 
(Louvain & Harvard, Chair of BIEN's International board), it includes a 
discussion of basic income along the lines of proposals made by French 
economists Yoland Bresson and Yann Moulier-Boutang, respectively. According 
to Moulier-Boutang, the level of the French basic income should be "at 
least 1.000 Euros" a month. More interestingly, this special issue also 
briefly discusses a proposal of capital grant, which is totally new to the 
contemporary French debate. Economist Roger Godino, one of the guest 
speakers at BIEN's Congress in Berlin (2000), argues that each French 
citizen should receive a basic capital of 10.000 Euros at the age of 18. 
Godino also favours the introduction of a negative income tax in France.
Libération's website: http://www.liberation.fr

*FRANCE: FEDERALIST PARTY IN FAVOUR OF AN "EXISTENCE INCOME"
On the occasion of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty 
(Oct. 17, 2005), the French Federalist Party (Parti Fédéraliste) has 
published a Press Release calling for the implementation of a so-called 
"Existence Income" ("revenu d'existence"), or a "guaranteed social income". 
The Federalist Party, which remains so far a very small player in France's 
political circles, argues that basic income should be defended as a 
European project. In its Press Release, it also refers to debates in Alaska 
(USA), Catalonia (Spain), Belgium, and Ireland.
For further information: http://www.parti-federaliste.fr

*SOUTH AFRICA: PROTESTERS CALL FOR A BASIC INCOME FOR ALL
According to "The Independent Online" (Oct. 17, 2005), about 400 people 
gathered outside the Gauteng legislature on October 17, 2005, where they 
formed a human chain around the building to mark International Day for the 
Eradication of Poverty. Representing a variety of non-governmental 
organisations such as the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC), the South 
African Non-governmental Organisations Coalition (Sangoco), Ikageng and 
Network Against Child Labour, the demonstrators called for a basic income 
grant for all. "We held our hands in a symbolic mark that shows that when 
we tie our hands together we make work light," said Hassim Lorgat, 
Sangoco's spokesperson. Sheilagh-Mary Waspe of Justice and Peace said they 
were also calling for government to extend the child support grant to 
children up to the age of 18, from 14, as a step towards the establishment 
of a comprehensive social security system in South Africa. "We are not 
calling for handouts. We are calling for the extension of the basic income 
grant for all so that people's dignity can be restored and that they can be 
able to pay for services," she said.
The Independent Online website: http://www.int.iol.co.za

*THE NETHERLANDS: GREEN PARTY SUPPORTS A MORE ACTIVE WELFARE STATE
The Dutch Green Party GroenLinks, which had been the most prominent 
political support of an unconditional basic income in the Netherlands 
during the 1990s, gives its full support to more active social policies. 
Under the supervision of its leader Femke Halsema, GroenLinks has just 
published a policy document stating that the unemployed should be "obliged 
to participate" if they cannot find a job. The obligation means that after 
one year of job search, all able-bodied unemployed should participate in 
subzidized employment, or follow educational programmes. Somewhat 
suprisingly, GroenLinks still argues in favour of a so-called "partial 
basic income". In fact, since this benefit should be restricted to low-paid 
workers, it is similar to a modest Earned Income Tax Credit.
For further information, see http://www.groenlinks.nl

*UNITED KINGDOM: DEBATE ON A CITIZEN'S PENSION SYSTEM
The Second Report of the Pensions Commission directed by Lord Turner (hence 
called the "Turner Report") has been published on November 30, 2005. Among 
other things, the most controversial being the raising of the pension age, 
this report recommends "reforms to make the state system less means-tested 
and closer to universal". In a Press release which was published on the 
very same day, The Citizen's Income Trust (CIT) suggests that a "Citizen's 
pension" might be the best alternative to the current means-tested system. 
According to the CIT, an adequate universal flat-rate 'Citizen'sPension' 
(CP) for every resident adult over the state retirement age, and paid at 
the rate of 109.45 GBP per week (162 Euros) for a single pensioner would 
allow most of the 5 million British senior citizens without other financial 
resources to live with dignity and without recourse to means-tested 
benefits. A CP would provide a stable foundation for a portfolio including 
occupational and private pensions.
Furthermore, the CIT argues that a Basic Income or Citizen's Income (CI) 
could help to avert the impending pensions crisis by dismantling the 
artificial thresholds dividing retired people from working age adults. A CI 
for all adults would replace most of the current array of means-tested 
benefits (the withdrawal of which as earnings rise discourages low-income 
earners from working).  A CI and a CP together would allow individuals into 
their 60s and 70s to negotiate contracts for their preferred hours of paid 
work, probably choosing to reduce their hours as they get older, yet still 
yielding taxable earnings.
Setting the rates for the CP and CI as a proportion of GDP per capita would 
restore the former link between pensions and the prosperity of the 
country.  The levels of the CP and CI, rising and falling with the fortunes 
of the country, would allow people to adjust their hours of work to cover 
any shortfall, and would help to stabilise economic cycles. The British 
Pensions Policy Institute has calculated that a Citizen's Pension of 110 
GBP per week (162 Euros, approx. 30% of GDP per capita) could be afforded 
immediately within current government spending on pensions.  A Citizen's 
Income of 90 GBP per week (132 EUros), approx. 25% of GDP per capita, is 
also feasible.
Further information is available from Dr. Malcolm Torry, The Director, The 
Citizen's Income Trust, Tel: 020 8305 1222, info at citizensincome.org

*UNITED STATES: ALASKA DIVIDEND IS GETTING INCREASING ATTENTION
As announced in BIEN NewsFlash 35, the amount of this year's Alaska 
Permanent Fund Dividend, the only existing basic income in the world, is 
845.76 US$ (722.8 Euros). In its Sept.-Oct. Newsletter, USBIG reported that 
the idea of the fund is gathering more and more attention around the world.
The government of Alberta (Canada) is preparing to send checks of 400 CAN$ 
(294.5 Euros) to every resident of the province. The checks are a one-time 
response to the province's large budget surplus, which has been caused 
largely by the recent increase in oil tax revenue. Although this is a 
one-time grant, the program's architects credit the Alaska Fund as 
inspiration (see "Canada" above in the section "Glimpses of National 
Debates"). The State of New Mexico (United States), which also has a 
growing budget surplus thanks to the recent increase in oil prices, may be 
the soon follow suit. Governor Bill Richardson and prominent members of the 
state legislature have been discussing a one-time tax rebate in the 
neighborhood of 50 US$ (42.7 Euros) per person.
	The spread of the Permanent Fund idea does not stop with Alberta and New 
Mexico. Recent editorials in the US have discussed the idea as a plausible 
alternative for other parts of the world. In the Sept. 12, 2005 issue of 
Newsweek International, Kevin O'Flynn mentioned the fact that the Alaska 
Permanent Fund was discussed as one of the possible models for reform of 
Russia's oil industry: "perhaps the least likely scenario is to create 
something akin to Alaska's famous Permanent Fund, sharing the oil boom with 
a cash payment to every Russian citizen."
	Two recent editorials in the US Press have also argued for a permanent oil 
dividend in Iraq. In a column published by The Weekly Standard 
(http://www.weeklystandard.com) on June 06, 2005, Lenny Glynn argues for an 
"Ownership Society on the Tigris" through the creation of a "Freedom 
Trust". He believes than enshrining an oil dividend into Iraq's 
constitution would be a force for democracy, national unity, and economic 
development. It would almost certainly make the constitution more popular. 
"Any system that declares a significant share of Iraq's oil revenues to be 
the personal property of the Iraqi people", Glynn writes, "would create a 
powerful material base for democracy."
Ronald Bailey, writing for the online magazine "Reason on line" on, August 
18, 2005, has included the creation of an "Iraq Permanent Fund" in hislist 
of things the Bush administration should have done for a successful 
post-war Iraq. Half of Iraq's oil revenues should be deposited in this 
Fund. "Modeled after the Alaska Permanent Fund, the returns from the 
diversified investment in this growing fund are distributed as dividends 
annually to each of Iraq's six million households. These dividends will go 
a long way toward boosting Iraq's future economic growth", Bailey writes 
(http://www.reason.com/links/links081805.shtml).
	Finally, a commentary by Michael Rowan, which was published online by 
"Petroleumworld.com: Latin American Energy, Oil & Gas" on August 10, 2005, 
praised the Alaska Permanent Fund and compared it to Venezuela's 
nationalization of the oil industry. Alaska Governor Jay Hammond began 
setting up the permanent fund at about the same time that Carlos Andres 
Perez nationalized Venezuela's oil industry in 1976. Rowan argues that 
nationalization of 100% of Venezuela's oil revenues had no noticeable 
affect on poverty in Venezuela, but the Alaska fund, which distributes only 
a fraction of the taxes on Alaska oil revenues, has provided a real and 
verifiable benefit to low-income Alaskans and has been especially important 
in reducing poverty among indigenous Alaskans. "If [Perez] had done what 
Hammond did in 1976, Venezuela's Permanent Fund would have about 120 
billion US$ this year, paying a dividend of 1,500 US$ to each of 8 million 
Venezuelan families." The editorial is hostile to activist government 
policies, but it is not hostile to policies that effectively help the poor.
Rowan's editorial can be found at http://www.petroleumworld.com/Ed081105.htm

4.PUBLICATIONS

*FRENCH

DOMMEN, Bridget (2005). "Allocation sociale et sécurité de revenu en 
Suisse". FEAS Aspects de la sécurité sociale, 2-2005, Lausanne, 
Switzerland, pp.22-33, Publisher's address: jptabin at eesp.ch
This article by independant economist (and active member of 
BIEN-Switzerland) Bridget Dommen offers a good synthesis of the pros and 
cons of basic income in the Swiss context. Starting with a review of some 
of the most crucial problems generated by means-tested assistance and 
social insurance schemes, it mainly focuses on BI as a desirable and 
feasible alternative. Dommen discusses various scenarios of implementation, 
including a VAT-funded scheme as it has been proposed in 2003 by Peter Le 
Roux in South-Africa. Dommen also refers to debates in Brazil, France, 
United Kingdom, Ireland, and Alaska (USA). In her conclusion, she stresses 
that a BI should be seen as a fundamental human right.

FERRY, Jean-Marc (2005). "Le principe redistributif en question: instaurer 
un droit au revenu", Sécurité sociale CHSS 4/2005, special issue on 
'Justice sociale - éthique et pratique', Office fédéral des assurances 
sociales, Bern, July-August 2005, pp.197-205.
For many years Jean-Marc Ferry, a French philosopher from the University of 
Brussels (B), has been one of the most prominent advocates of basic income 
in French-speaking countries. In this new article, he argues again for a 
European basic income. According to Ferry, a high basic income can be first 
justified by looking at the past: the wealth which has been accumulated 
through the ages is a collective good which should be fairly distributed 
among citizens. But a high basic income can also be justified by looking 
forward: it is an investment which should allow for the creation of a 
"secteur quaternaire" (a quaternary industry). In this sector of the 
economy, individuals could engage in socially useful activities which are 
not market-related. Ferry stresses the fact that he does not defend basic 
income "as such", but as a way of reinforcing social integration and 
participation.
Available in PDF at 
http://www.bsv.admin.ch/publikat/chss/f/2005/chss0504i.htm ;
also available in German at 
http://www.bsv.admin.ch/publikat/chss/d/2005/chss0504i.htm

GROULX, Lionel-Henri (2005). Revenu minimum garanti. Comparaison 
internationale, analyses et débats. Québec: Presses de l'Université duQuébec.
ISBN 2-7605-1365-3
The expression "Revenu minimum garanti" (RMG - guaranteed minimum income) 
has often been used by French-speaking intellectuals in Quebec (Canada), 
where it has often led to misunderstandings. If for some it is a synonym 
for "basic income", others use "RMG" to refer to means-testedminimum 
income schemes such as the British National Assistance or the French 
"Revenu minimum d'insertion". This is the case of Lionel-Henri Groulx,the 
author of this extremely well-documented essay, who teaches social policy 
at the Université de Montréal. Even if the book mainly focuses on 
conventional minimum income schemes, the two last chapters discuss a 
negative income tax (NIT) and a basic income (BI), respectively. The 
chapter 5 on NIT includes a thorough discussion of the American NIT 
experiments (1970s), as well as of the Canadian project Mincome (1975-79). 
Groulx also examines what he calls "the NIT's of the new generation",i.e. 
the US Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and related schemes such as Canada's 
self-sufficiency experimental project. Chapter 6 is entirely devoted to 
basic income, and starts with a short presentation of BIEN. Having examined 
various ethical and economical justifications, Groulx briefly focuses on 
its political feasibility.
Publisher's webiste: http://www.puq.uquebec.ca/fr/

ULRICH, Peter. "Le progrès social dans la cité: 'civiliser' l'économiede 
marché", Sécurité sociale CHSS 4/2005, special issue on 'Justicesociale - 
éthique et pratique', Office fédéral des assurances sociales, Bern, 
July-August 2005, pp.206-211.
See *German section below for an abstract.
Available in PDF at 
http://www.bsv.admin.ch/publikat/chss/f/2005/chss0504i.htm ;
also available in German at 
http://www.bsv.admin.ch/publikat/chss/d/2005/chss0504i.htm

*GERMAN

FERRY, Jean-Marc (2005). "Das Umlageprinzip auf dem Prüfstand: Einführung 
eines Rechts auf Einkommen", Soziale Sicherheit CHSS 4/2005, special issue 
on 'Soziale Gerechtigkeit - Ethik und Praxis", Bundesamt für 
Sozialversicherung, Bern, July-August 2005, 197-205.
See *French section above for an abstract.
Available in PDF at 
http://www.bsv.admin.ch/publikat/chss/d/2005/chss0504i.htm ;
also available in French at 
http://www.bsv.admin.ch/publikat/chss/f/2005/chss0504i.htm

RÄTZ, Werner, PATERNOGA, Dagmar & STEINBACH, Werner (eds.) (2005). 
Grundeinkommen: bedingunglos. ATTAC Germany/VSA-Verlag, www.vsa-verlag.de, 
ISBN 3-89965-141-3, EUR 6.50, 94p.
ATTAC is an international movement born in France, initially around the 
promotion of the Tobin tax but soon turned into one of the main components 
of the "alterglobalization" movement. Its German branch publishes a series 
of short and cheap "basic texts". The title of the latest one is "Basic 
income: unconditional". It offers a non-scholarly, lively, accessible 
introduction to the basic income discussion for a left-wing German 
audience, in a climate more receptive than it has ever been to the idea. It 
contains a summary of the history and a synthesis of the arguments. It also 
describes in some detail a number of specific proposals for Germany. For 
example, it reports that the German catholic youth association (BDKJ) 
proposed a non-means-tested individual basic income of EUR 600 for every 
adult who has been residing in Germany for at least 8 years and performs at 
least 500 hours of socially useful work (paid or unpaid) annually. Within 
the German Attac movement, the basic income proposal is by no means 
uncontroversial. The authors do not advocate any specific version of it, 
but they argue that an individual and unconditional basic income covering 
at least subsistence is the best way of achieving basic security for all. 
Of course, the authors conclude, such a basic income "will not solve all 
the problems of capitalism" but it definitely "provides the possibility to 
think beyond the existing society".

GERNTKE, Axel, RÄTZ, Werner & SCHÄFER, Claus (2005). Einkommen zum 
Auskommen. Von bedingungslosem Grundeinkommen, gesetzlichen Mindestlöhnen 
und anderen Verteilungsfragen. Hamburg: VSA Verlag, 2004, 110p., 
www.vsa-verlag.de, ISBN 3-89965-110-3.
A collection of essays devoted to the minimum income issue, with some 
authors arguing for a comprehensive need-oriented and work-related basic 
security system, while others vigorously defend a genuine basic income: in 
particular Harald Rein (from the Round Table of unemployed and social 
assistance organizations) in an essay on the "Existenzgeld", the 
unconditional "existence income" demanded by unemployed initiatives since 
1992; and Werner Rätz (from Attac Germany) in an essay entitled "There is 
really enough for all".

ULRICH, Peter (2005). "Sozialer Fortschritt in der Bürgergesellschaft: 
'Zivilisierung' der Marktwirtschaft", Soziale Sicherheit CHSS 4/2005, 
special issue on 'Soziale Gerechtigkeit - Ethik und Praxis", Bundesamt für 
Sozialversicherung, Bern, July-August 2005, 206-211.
This article mainly focuses on the social consequences of market 
liberalism, but its last section is devoted to a defence of basic income. 
Referring to Van Parijs' Real Freedom for All (1995), Ulrich (Saint-Gall 
University, Switzerland) argues that since the market does not sufficiently 
contribute to the social integration of all citizens, part of the 
collective wealth should be redistributed along the lines of a basic income 
or, perhaps, of a basic capital.
Available in PDF at 
http://www.bsv.admin.ch/publikat/chss/d/2005/chss0504i.htm ;
also available in French at 
http://www.bsv.admin.ch/publikat/chss/f/2005/chss0504i.htm

*ENGLISH

GRINSPUN, Alejandro (2005). "Three Models of Social Protection". One Pager 
- International Poverty Center, United Nations Development Programme, 
October 2005, Number 17.
This page briefly discusses the idea of social funds as ways of provinding 
cash to individuals or families in developing countries. It briefly focuses 
on South Africa, where a proposal for a universal basic income is said to 
having "raised a storm". "Many dismiss the idea as impracticable", Grinspun 
writes, "but a broad coalition of supporters has kept the debate raging. 
They claim it is affordable and feasible, and would give effect to the 
'right to social security' written into the 1996 Constitution byproviding 
a modicum of economic security to the more than half of South Africans 
trapped in long-term poverty." The document - which does not necessarily 
reflect the official views of the International Poverty Centre or the 
United Nations Development Programme - also briefly mention the Alaska 
Permanent Fund Dividend Programme.
This One Pager can be downloaded at 
http://www.undp-povertycentre.org/newsletters/OnePager17.pdf

HARVEY, Phil & BOYLE, Jennifer (eds.). "Basic Income Guarantees and the 
Right to Work". Special issue of Rutgers Journal of Law & Urban Policy, 
vol.2, issue 1, Fall 2005.
This issue of the Journal of Law & Urban Policy (JLUP) is pioneering in 
both its substance and its format. The papers published in this issue of 
JLUP comprise the first direct scholarly exchange between proponents of 
basic income guarantees and employment guarantees to appear in print, and 
it also marks the first time a scholarly journal has taken full advantage 
of the Internet to create a genuine discussion format for carrying on a 
scholarly exchange such as this.
	The interrelated problems of endemic unemployment, low-wage work, poverty 
and growing inequality have inspired the growth of the contemporary basic 
income movement and have also revived interest in proposals to use direct 
job creation by government to achieve full employment. Advocates of this 
strategy argue that the best way to combat these problems is to close the 
economy's job gap with an offer of decent work in government-funded jobs 
for all involuntarily unemployed workers. At the most recent international 
Congress of BIEN, which met in Barcelona in September 2004, leading 
proponents of these two strategies participated in a scholarly dialogue on 
the relative merits of their respective proposals. Four papers were 
presented in a session chaired by Philippe Van Parijs. Papers supporting 
the basic income idea were presented by Guy Standing and José Antonio 
Noguera. Papers supporting guaranteed employment proposals were presented 
by Philip Harvey, and by William Mitchell and Martin Watts. These four 
papers comprise the opening contributions to this JLUP's symposium onBasic 
Income Guarantees and the Right to Work.  The papers reflect sharp 
differences of opinion between proponents of the two strategies, but 
possibilities of convergence in their respective positions also receive 
some attention. This issue also includes papers on the same topic by 
Pavlina R. Tcherneva & L. Randall Wray, Axel Marx, Michael W. Howard, Erik 
Olin Wright, John Tomlinson, and José Luis Rey Pérez.
Journal's webiste: http://www.jlup.org/

PELTON, Leroy H. (2005). Frames of Justice. Implications for Social Policy. 
New Brunswick (USA): Transaction.
ISBN 0-7658-0296-1
This essay by Leroy H. Pelton (former director of the School of Social 
Work, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA) is devoted to analyzing three 
major frames of justice ­ group justice, individual desert, and life 
affirmation ­ and their implications for social policy as well as their 
reflections in contemporary social policies, while simultaneously exploring 
the notion of desert in religion, philosophy, and legislation ­especially 
within the context of the moral question of the relationship between means 
and ends. In chapter 5, on "Need, Desert, and Nondiscrimination", Pelton 
argues that "a liberal and just community, through its instrument of 
government, is obliged not to allow basic human needs to go unaddressed, 
and must address such need without judgment or discrimination" (p. 88),and 
proposes "that an annual common monetary benefit, at least of sufficient 
size to address the basic human needs of an individual in a minimally 
adequate manner, be allocated (without transfer) to every member of the 
community, adjusted only for size of household. This benefit would, at the 
least, set a floor under which no one would be allowed to fall (p. 89)". 
Pelton stresses that "even for a wealthy man, the amount allocated wouldbe 
his fair share that he would have used to meet his basic needs, or somewhat 
beyond (depending on the level of common benefit that the society has 
decided upon) had he lost his wealth" (p. 89). "If a society is torespect 
human life without discrimination, its policies must enhance the lives of 
all regardless of economic station. True, the degree of one's wealth is 
itself an indicator of the extent to which one has benefited from the 
community" (p. 89). In Pelton's proposal of this arrangement thatallocates 
common benefits, "the tax on other income would be flat, or strictly 
proportional" (p. 90). Leroy H. Pelton finally point out that under the 
proposed system "there is no disincentive to work unless one is fully 
content with minimal survival, since no matter what a man makes, he is 
allocated the common benefit, offset only somewhat by taxes at the lower 
income levels" (p. 92).

SEGALL, Shlomi (2005). "Unconditional welfare benefits and the principle of 
reciprocity". Politics, philosophy & economics, vol.4, Number 3, October 
2005, 331-354.
This article by Shlomi Segall (Oxford University, UK) seeks to rebut the 
claim, made by Stuart White and others, that providing welfare benefits to 
citizens who do not, and are not willing to, work breaks the principle of 
reciprocity. This, they argue, justifies placing a minimum work requirement 
on welfare recipients. The article begins by rejecting the attempt to 
ground the work requirement on a civic obligation to work. It then explores 
the principle of reciprocity, and argues that the practice of reciprocity 
depends on the particular conception of distributive justice adopted. An 
examination of different interpretations of egalitarian justice and their 
corresponding patterns of reciprocity demonstrates that unconditional 
welfare benefits are compatible with, and sometimes even warranted by, the 
principle of reciprocity. Thus, imposing a work requirement on welfare 
recipients is by no means a mandate of reciprocity.
Journal's website: http://ppe.sagepub.com
Author's address: shlomi.segall at seh.ox.ac.uk

WIDERQUIST, Karl, LEWIS, Michael Anthony & PRESSMAN, Steven (2005). The 
Ethics and Economics of the Basic Income Guarantee. Aldershot: Ashgate, 
ISBN 0-7546-4188-0 (Hardback).
Governments in the US, the UK and other nations around the world routinely 
consider and, in some cases, experiment with reforms of their income 
support systems. The basic income guarantee, a universal unconditional 
income grant, has received increasing attention from scholars as an 
alternative to the kinds of reforms that have been implemented. This book 
explores the political, sociological, economic, and philosophical issues of 
the basic income guarantee.
Tracing the history of the idea, from its origins in the late eighteenth 
century through its political vogue in the 1970s, when the Family 
Assistance Plan narrowly missed passage in the US Congress, it also 
examines the philosophical debate over the issue. The book is designed to 
foster a climate of ideas amongst those specifically interested in the 
income support policies and more widely for those concerned with public, 
welfare and labour economics. Its coverage will enable readers to obtain an 
in depth grounding in the topic, regardless of their position in the debate.
Publisher's website: http://www.ashgate.com/

5. NEW LINKS

*ITALIAN

MOISO, GianCarlo (2005). "Un reddito garantito per tutti: la soluzione del 
problema sociale?" ("A basic income for all: the solution of the social 
problem?")
Available online at http://www.economiaeretica.it

*GERMAN

PELZER, Helmut & FISCHER, Ute (2004): "Unconditional Basic Income for All: 
A Proposal for the Shaping and Financing of the Future of our Social 
Security". ["Bedingungsloses Grundeinkommen für alle" ­ Ein Vorschlagzur 
Gestaltung und Finanzierung der Zukunft unserer sozialen Sicherung".]
Available online 
http://www.uni-ulm.de/uni/fak/zawiw/content/forschendes_lernen/gruppen/fl/buergergeld/literatur
For an unconditional basic income (UBI) the amount of the monthly sum to be 
paid to every citizen as well as its financing are of vital importance. The 
present paper shows how these issues can be dealt with from a national 
economic point of view. Our "Transfer Limits Model" made up of mathematical 
algorithms offers a wide variety of options to political decision makers in 
terms of the amount of the UBI per person and the social contribution rates 
I and II defined to finance it. Based on comprehensive data material on the 
distribution of gross income in Germany in 1998 (source: German Federal 
Statistics Office) our calculations yielded that in 1998, a 
livelihood-securing UBI for adults could have been financed with an only 
slightly modified income tax rate. One of many calculation examples yielded 
a burden of only 2.2 % of the gross income of net givers for an UBI of DEM 
1,000 per month and an S I of 50 %. In the case of DEM 1,200 per month it 
would have been 4.5 %.
This Transfer Limit Model for financing a UBI forms a suitable basis for 
the introduction of a UBI in Germany as well as in other EU states andbeyond.

PELZER, Helmut & FISCHER, Ute (2004). "Unconditional Basic Income: How 
much? Where from? The Transfer Limits Model." [Bedingungsloses 
Grundeinkommen: Wie viel? Woher? Das Transfergrenzen-Modell.]
Available online http://www.grundeinkommen.info/index.php?id=147, under 
section "Texte zum 2. Netzwerktreffen". This is the script of a 
presentation held at the meeting of the (German) Basic Income Network 
("Netzwerk Grundeinkommen") in Berlin on December 11, 2004. It contains 
short, concise information on the contents of PELZER, Helmut & FISCHER, Ute 
(2004): "Unconditional Basic Income for All: A Proposal for the Shaping and 
Financing of the Future of our Social Security". In addition, it deals with 
basic reflections on the possible effects of such a system on society and 
ecomomy, depending on the monthly amount of UBI granted. It also states 
that all our calculations exclude a UBI for children of up to 18 years. For 
them, the "child benefit" financed through other sources should be 
maintained (in Germany) as that is already something like a UBI forchildren.

PELZER, Helmut & SCHARL, Peter (2005): Unconditional Basic Income: Its 
Financing According to an Extended Transfer Limits Model. European 
Perspectives. [Bedingungsloses Grundeinkommen: Seine Finanzierung nach 
einem erweiterten Transfergrenzen-Modell. Europäische Perspektiven.]
Available online at 
http://www.uni-ulm.de/uni/fak/zawiw/content/forschendes_lernen/gruppen/fl/buergergeld/literatur

ERHARD, Gross, HERRLEN-PELZER, Sibylle Herrlen-Pelzer & PELZER, Helmut 
(2005). "Unconditional Basic Income. Financing Based on the Transfer Limit 
Model". [Bedingungsloses Grundeinkommen. Finanzierung auf der Basis des 
Transfergrenzen-Modells]
Available online at 
http://www.uni-ulm.de/uni/fak/zawiw/content/forschendes_lernen/gruppen/fl/buergergeld/literatur
This publication contains a mathematical description of how practically all 
citizens, not only the "net recipients", are included in the basic income 
system proposed in PELZER, Helmut & FISCHER, Ute (2004): "Unconditional 
Basic Income for All: A Proposal for the Shaping and Financing of the 
Future of our Social Security".

6. ABOUT THE BASIC INCOME EARTH NETWORK

Co-chair:
Eduardo SUPLICY, Federal Senator, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Guy STANDING, Director of the Social and Economic Security Programme, ILO, 
Geneva, Switzerland

Other details about BIEN can be found on our website : www.basicincome.org
Click on "ABOUT BIEN" to access the updated page which includes the Mission 
Statement, the details of BIEN's EC members, the composition of the 
International Board, all relevant details about National Networks, as well 
as the list of our Life Members (see also below).

MEMBERSHIP

All life members of the Basic Income European Network, many of whom were 
non-Europeans, have automatically become life members of the Basic Income 
Earth Network.
To join them, just send your name and address (postal and electronic) to 
David Casassas  casassas at eco.ub.es, secretary of BIEN, and transfer EUR 100 
to BIEN's account 001 2204356 10 at FORTIS BANK (IBAN: BE41 0012 2043 
5610), 10 Rond-Point Schuman, B-1040 Brussels, Belgium. An acknowledgement 
will be sent upon receipt.
BIEN Life-members can become "B(I)ENEFACTORS" by giving another 100Euros 
or more to the Network. The funds collected will facilitate the 
participation of promising BI advocates coming from developing countries or 
from disadvantaged groups.

B(I)ENEFACTORS:
Joel Handler (US), Philippe Van Parijs (BE)

BIEN's Life Members:
James Meade (+), Gunnar Adler-Karlsson (SE), Maria Ozanira da Silva (BR), 
Ronald Dore (UK), Alexander de Roo (NL), Edouard Dommen (CH), Philippe Van 
Parijs (BE), P.J. Verberne (NL), Tony Walter (UK), Philippe Grosjean (BE), 
Malcolm Torry (UK), Wouter van Ginneken (CH), Andrew Williams (UK), Roland 
Duchâtelet (BE), Manfred Fuellsack (AT), Anne-Marie Prieels (BE), Philippe 
Desguin (BE), Joel Handler (US), Sally Lerner (CA), David Macarov (IL), 
Paul Metz (NL), Claus Offe (DE), Guy Standing (CH), Hillel Steiner (UK), 
Werner Govaerts (BE), Robley George (US), Yoland Bresson (FR), Richard 
Hauser (DE), Eduardo Matarazzo Suplicy (BR), Jan-Otto Andersson (FI), 
Ingrid Robeyns (UK), John Baker (IE), Rolf Kuettel (CH), Michael Murray 
(US), Carlos Farinha Rodrigues (PT), Yann Moulier Boutang (FR), Joachim 
Mitschke (DE), Rik van Berkel (NL), François Blais (CA), Katrin Töns(DE), 
Almaz Zelleke (US), Gerard Degrez (BE), Michael Opielka (DE), Lena Lavinas 
(BR), Julien Dubouchet (CH), Jeanne Hrdina (CH), Joseph Huber (DE), Markku 
Ikkala (FI),  Luis Moreno (ES), Rafael Pinilla (ES), Graham Taylor (UK), W. 
Robert Needham (CA), Tom Borsen Hansen (DK), Ian Murray (US), Peter 
Molgaard Nielsen (DK), Fernanda Rodrigues (PT), Helmut Pelzer (DE), Rod 
Dobell (CA), Walter Van Trier (BE), Loek Groot (NL), Andrea Fumagalli (IT), 
Bernard Berteloot (FR), Jean-Pierre Mon (FR), Angelika Krebs (DE), Ahmet 
Insel (FR), Alberto Barbeito (AR), Rubén Lo Vuolo (AR), Manos Matsaganis 
(GR), Jose Iglesias Fernandez (ES), Daniel Eichler (DE), Cristovam Buarque 
(BR), Michael Lewis (US), Clive Lord (UK), Jean Morier-Genoud (FR), Eri 
Noguchi (US), Michael Samson (ZA), Ingrid van Niekerk (ZA), Karl Widerquist 
(US), Al Sheahen (US), Christopher Balfour (AND), Jurgen De Wispelaere 
(UK), Wolf-Dieter Just (DE), Zsuzsa Ferge (HU), Paul Friesen (CA), Nicolas 
Bourgeon (FR), Marja A. Pijl (NL), Matthias Spielkamp (DE), Frédéric 
Jourdin (FR), Daniel Raventós (ES), Andrés Hernández (CO), GuidoErreygers 
(BE), Alain Tonnet (BE), Stephen C. Clark (US), Wolfgang Mundstein (AT), 
Evert Voogd (NL), Frank Thompson (US), Lieselotte Wohlgenannt (AT), Jose 
Luis Rey Pérez (ES), Jose Antonio Noguera (ES), Esther Brunner (CH), Irv 
Garfinkel (US), Claude Macquet (BE), Bernard Guibert (FR), Margit Appel 
(AT), Simo Aho (FI), Francisco Ramos Martin (ES), Brigid Reynolds (IE), 
Sean Healy (IE), Maire Mullarney (IE), Patrick Lovesse (CH), Jean-Paul 
Zoyem (FR), GianCarlo Moiso (IT), Martino Rossi (CH), Pierre Herold (CH), 
Steven Shafarman (US), Leonardo Fernando Cruz Basso (BR), Wolfgang 
Strenmann-Kuhn (DE), Anne Glenda Miller (UK), Lowell Manning (NZ), Dimitris 
Ballas (GR), Gilberte Ferrière (BE), Louise Haagh (DK), Michael Howard 
(US), Simon Wigley (TR), Erik Christensen (DK), David Casassas (ES), Paul 
Nollen (BE), Vriend(inn)en Basisinkomen (NL), Christophe Guené (BE), Alain 
Massot (CA), Marcel Bertrand Paradis (CA), NN (Geneve, CH), Marc 
Vandenberghe (BE), Gianluca Busilacchi (IT), Robert F. Clark (US), Theresa 
Funiciello (US), Al Boag & Sue Williams (AU), Josef Meyer (BE), Alain Boyer 
(CH), Jos Janssen (NL), Collectif Charles Fourier (+), Bruce Ackerman (US), 
Victor Lau (CA), Konstantinos Geormas (GR), Pierre Feray (FR), Christian 
Brütsch (CH), Phil Harvey (US), Toru Yamamori (JP), René Keersemaker(NL), 
Manuel Franzmann (DE), Ovidio Carlos de Brito (BR), Bernard De Crum (NL), 
Katja Kipping (DE), Jan Beaufort (DE), Christopher Mueller (DE), Bradley 
Nelson (US), Marc de Basquiat [154].

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