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>CALL FOR PAPERS
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>THE FIRST CONGRESS OF THE U.S. BASIC INCOME GUARANTEE NETWORK
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>FUNDAMENTAL INSECURITY OR BASIC INCOME GUARANTEE
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>March 8-9, 2002
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>Sponsored by
>The Center for Social Justice, School of Social Welfare, Stony Brook
>University
>and
>The Cultural Studies Department of the CUNY Graduate Center
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>In the year 2001, toward the end of the longest period of uninterrupted
>economic growth in U.S. history, millions of U.S. workers remained in
>poverty.
>Apparently, even in the best of times, the market economy cannot eliminate
>poverty on its own without a change in policy. As the likelihood of a
>recession increases, millions of Americans can be expected to fall deeper
>into
>poverty. One policy-or perhaps the only policy-that could completely
>eliminate
>poverty is the Basic Income Guarantee (BIG). This policy is the assurance
>by
>the federal government that no citizen's income will fall below a minimum
>level for any reason. The U.S. Basic Income Guarantee Network (USBIG) is an
>organization dedicated to increasing public discussion of the Basic Income
>Guarantee. As part of this effort, USBIG will hold its first Congress on
>March
>8-9, 2002 at The CUNY Graduate Center (365 Fifth Avenue between 34th and
>35th
>Streets in New York City). The Congress will be sponsored by the Center for
>Social Justice of the SUNY School of Social Welfare at Stony Brook and the
>Cultural Studies Department of the City University of New York. The
>purpose of
>the Congress is to bring together a wide group of academics, policy
>analysts,
>students, activists, and others interested in exploring the merits of BIG.
>It
>will consist of a series of panels, discussion groups, and speakers and it
>will include an organizational meeting for USBIG.
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>
>We invite proposals for papers and panels on topics related to the Basic
>Income Guarantee, including but not limited to the following:
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>1.     BIG history: The movement for a Negative Income Tax or a Guaranteed
>Income
>in the United States and lessons for the future
>2.     The ethics of BIG
>3.     The politics of BIG
>4.     The Alaskan dividend: the existing Basic Income Guarantee
>5.     The impact of a Basic Income Guarantee on civil society
>6.     The efficiency-equity tradeoff and the Basic Income Guarantee
>7.     The Basic Income Guarantee and the family: Effects on marital
status,
>domestic violence, and child poverty
>8.     The Basic Income Guarantee outside the United States
>9.     The labor market effects of BIG
>10.    Funding a Basic Income Guarantee
>11.    Substitutes or compliments? The relationship between the Basic
Income
>Guarantee, government as employer of last resort, wage subsidies, and the
>living wage movement
>12.    The problem at hand: recent trends in poverty and child poverty in
the
>U.S. and possibility of increased employment insecurity in the next
>recession
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>All discussion of BIG is welcome whether for or against. Papers that do not
>directly relate to BIG will only be accepted if they fit into topic 12,
>"the
>problem at hand." Anyone interested in presenting a paper or organizing a
>session should submit a proposal. Paper proposals should include the
>following:
>1.  Name
>2. University/Organization
>3. Address
>4. City, State, Zip Code (Postal Code), and Country
>5. Telephone, FAX
>6. Email Address
>7. Paper Title
>8. Abstract
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>Proposals for panels should include all of the above information for each
>paper in the panel as well as the title for the panel itself. Electronic
>submissions are preferred and should be sent to Michael A. Lewis at:
>mlewis@ssw.hsc.sunysb.edu.
>
>Submissions can also be made by regular mail to:
>Michael A. Lewis
>Assistant Professor of Social Welfare
>School of Social Welfare
>Stony Brook University
>Health Sciences Center, Level 2, Rm. 093
>Stony Brook, NY 11794-8231
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>KARL WIDERQUIST
>Staff Economist, the Educational Priorities Panel, New York.
>Hoover Fellow, the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium until Aug 30th.
>NEW YORK ADDRESS: The Educational Priorities Panel,
>225 Broadway, Suite 3101, New York, NY 10007
>NY Phone (the EPP office): 212-964-7347
>BELGIAN ADDRESS: Rue du Taillis, 8/001
>B - 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
>PHONE (to reach me from the US dial): 011-32-10-47-3071
>EMAIL: Karl@widerquist.com
>PERSONAL WEBSITE:
http://www.widerquist.com/
>USBIG WEBSITE:
http://www.usbig.net/
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