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Renewing the Welfare State; Panel Discussion & Presentation of Report
April 29, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Over the last year the welfare state has been at the core of public debates as the coronavirus pandemic revealed existing weaknesses and required additional support for people. Various innovative ideas, such as an unconditional universal basic income, job guarantee and universal basic services, today seem less radical and utopian than they used to be. But should we put our faith fully in one of these options, seeing it as a silver bullet solution to all of our problems? Or should we, instead, advocate for an innovative combination that brings together the strengths of different ideas?
Sam de Muijnck (chief economist of Our New Economy and chairman of the Think Tank of Young Economists of the Future Markets Consultation). More specifically, in a new report he argues a combination of extended basic services, a job guarantee and benefits-as-a-right seems most promising. On April 29th 7 pm (CET), he will present the report, followed by a panel discussion of proponents of the various ideas.
Panel Members
Louise Haagh
Professor at the University of York, Chair ‘Emeritus’ of the Basic Income Earth Network & author of 'The Case for Universal Basic Income'
Warren Mosler
Key proponent of the job guarantee and Modern Monetary Theory
Andrew Percy
Co-Director of the Universal Basic Services Network at the UCL Institute for Global Prosperity
Program
- 19.00: Opening by moderator David van Overbeek
- 19.05: Presentation report by Sam de Muijnck
- 19.20: Panel discussion with Louise Haagh, Warren Mosler and Andrew Percy
- 19.55: Closing by moderator David van Overbeek
- 20.00: End
Registration
Participation is free. Please go to the website of Our New Economy to register:
Organizers
This project and event is a collaboration between Our New Economy (ONE), Sustainable Finance Lab (SFL) and Moral Markets, and is funded by the Goldschmeding Foundation and Templeton World Charity Foundation, Inc.
