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  • 2020
  • March

Podcast: Basic Income and the global pandemic struggle

Seán Ó'Conlaín and Caroline Whyte interview Dr Evelyn Forget, who describes the social and health effects of a basic income trial carried out in Canada in the 1970s. Then Paul Harnett and Laura Bannister make a case for a World Basic Income that would go to everyone on the planet, as a way to help counter the COVID-19 outbreak.
March 30, 2020  Basic Income Group, Commentary 

Resilience and Collective Psychology – fast collapse or slow disintegration

In a prescient article from his 2014 book Credo, Brian Davey explores the possibility of a “cross contagion” of cascading collapse between some combination of a public health crisis, and difficulties in the financial economy, the energy sector and supply networks.
March 30, 2020  Credo 

Mental Health, Isolation and Lockdowns

Brian Davey reflects from his past experience about the impact that self isolation is likely to have on the mental health of many people.
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 March 23, 2020  Commentary 

Press release: Radical reset of economy needed to offset effects of COVID-19

“Within the crisis there is an opportunity to move to more resilient, fairer and equitable economic and community systems. The hope is once there is a good understanding of the reality of our situation, a great deal of community cooperation can be unleashed.”
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 March 18, 2020  Press Release 

Coronavirus, degrowth and self isolation

"What this crisis is trying to teach us are frightening truths about the ecological consequences of land use changes that have emerged as threats to our health," writes Brian Davey.
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 March 17, 2020  Commentary 

Coping

"In this time of ecological and social crises, it is essential to be the best human beings we can be, to carve out conviviality and convivial spaces in the midst of the struggle to create something better. Even in desperate times, there is a lot of potential for this," writes Anne Ryan.
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 March 11, 2020  Enough is Plenty, Enough is Plenty 
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