This paper aims to propose a social protection system that "decommodifies" labour and fulfills the properties of a Social Protection Floor satisfying revenue-neutrality. To this end, firstly, a Universal Basic Income (UBI) scheme is explored. Secondly, the UBI is transformed into a Negative Income Tax (NIT) scheme, providing universal protection instead of universal benefits. Finally, the NIT i...

In this paper we promote open pervasive computing infrastructure in the public space as a prerequisite for conducting urban computing research with visible and lasting impact on the community. As a concrete example we present the UBI Open Urban Service Network currently being deployed in the City of Oulu, Finland.

Using unconditional basic income (UBI) as its empirical prism, this article offers new impetus to the foundational debate within critical theory whether and how redistribution recognition can relate productively each other. We explore possibility of redistributive solidarity, arguing that universal may be a means furthering different subjectivities are not solely defined by their productive rel...

Using microsimulations this paper analyzes the poverty and tax implications of replacing current transfers subsidies by a budget-neutral (no change in fiscal deficit) universal basic income program (UBI) Brazil, Chile, India, Russia, South Africa. We consider three UBI with increasing levels generosity identify scenarios which poor are no worse off than baseline scenario existing social transfe...

زۆربەى لێکۆڵينەوەکان کە لە سەر ناوچەى ئاکرێ نووسراون زیاتر لایەنەکانى سیاسى و کارگێڕى سەربازى دەگرێتەوە, کاتێکدا بوارە گرنگەکانى ديكه‌ى ژیان فەرامۆش کراون، بە تایبەتى لایەنى ئابوورى نێویشيدا بوارى کشتوکاڵ زەورى زار، پەیوەندى راستەوخۆى لەگەڵ ژیانى مروڤدا هەیە, سەرەڕاى ئەمەش لەچاو کەمتر بایەخى پێ دراوە, بۆیە پێمان باش بوو لەسەر ئەم بابەتە بنووسين. ئامانجى سەرەکیشمان ئەوەیە بەم لێکۆڵینەوە لایەنێکى...