In a recent two-part series for Upstream Podcast, Della Duncan explores the idea of a universal basic income, interviewing economists, practitioners, and everyday people about this proposal and how it can contribute to a social and economic transformation.
Interviewees include the following:
- Julianna Bidadanure – Assistant professor in political philosophy at Stanford University
- Doug Henwood – Journalist, economic analyst, and writer whose work has been featured in Harper’s, Jacobin Magazine, and The Nation
- Rutger Bregman – Journalist and author of Utopia for Realists: The Case for a Universal Basic Income, Open Borders and a 15-hour Workweek
- Kathi Weeks – Marxist feminist scholar, Associate Professor of Women’s Studies at Duke University and author of The Problem with Work: Feminism, Marxism, Antiwork Politics, and Postwork Imaginaries
- Eric Richardson – A recipient of basic income / Mincome
- Evelyn Forget – Economist and professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences at the University of Manitoba and Academic Director of the Manitoba Research Data Centre
- Erik Olin Wright – Marxist scholar and sociology professor at the University of Wisconsin, Madison
- Matt Bruenig – Writer, researcher, and founder of the People’s Policy Project
- Richard Wolff – Marxist economist, economics professor emeritus at University of Massachusetts, Amherst, founder of Democracy at Work, and host of the weekly radio show Economic Update
- Martin Kirk – Co-founder and Director of Strategy at The Rules
- Manda Scott- Novelist, columnist, and broadcaster
- Sofa Gradin -Sofa Gradin – Political Organizer and Lecturer in Politics at King’s College in London
Listen to episode one here and episode two here.
