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Pierre Madden
May 30, 20183 min read
If I explain marriage to you, will you fall in love?
Youtube version Of course not! That's silly. You have to be in love first, before even thinking about marriage. Yet how much explaining...
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Pierre Madden
May 30, 20182 min read
All swans are white
As part of the Public Conversation on Intergenerational Solidarity and Equity, the moderator of the debate on public services and...
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Pierre Madden
May 29, 20185 min read
Instead of a kitty (the Generations Fund), make Basic Income our intergenerational legacy
The Institut du nouveau monde (INM), a non-partisan organization whose mission is ̂to promote citizen participation in democratic life,...
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Pierre Madden
Apr 29, 20183 min read
Economist pooh-poohs Basic Income. I'm not having it!
Here we have Stephen Gordon, an economist, weighing in on Universal Basic Income (UBI). He is addressing the issue of cost, certainly one...
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Pierre Madden
Apr 28, 20181 min read
Neither universal nor individual nor unconditional
You may find me harsh with the Quebec government. When you introduce a basic income, you have to start somewhere. Here is what I wrote in...
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Pierre Madden
Apr 28, 20181 min read
Why "Basic Income" is Good in Greece and Bad in Québec
Both Greece and the province of Québec have adopted a form of UBI. Neither program qualifies as a genuine Basic Income because both are...
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Pierre Madden
Apr 23, 20181 min read
The Robots are Coming for Our Jobs
66 millions d'emplois menacés par les robots cries the headline in the French magazine L'Express. "66 million jobs threatened by robots."...
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Pierre Madden
Apr 22, 20181 min read
Liberal Party of Canada Adopts Basic Income as Official Policy for a Third Time
Version française Yesterday, at their National Convention in Halifax, the members of the Liberal Party of Canada adopted Basic Income as...
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Pierre Madden
Apr 8, 20183 min read
Reaction to Bill 173: it establishes a Deserving Income and not an authentic Basic Income
Bill n°173 : An Act mainly to introduce a basic income for persons with a severely limited capacity for employment Who can be against a...
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