REQUIRED VIEWING/LISTENING/READING
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“Work and the Universal Basic Income in the New Economy”, Panel discussion, NENA 2020 Conference, Sat 21 November 2020.
Panel discussion starts at 2.42 minutes, in the video below
(After the introduction by Michelle Maloney, the panel discussion runs for 90 minutes and is the only required viewing for this class)
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL
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- Presentation by Loriana Luccioni – Universal Basic Income
Godfrey Moase, 2015, Green Agenda – ‘Securing Economic Rights’
Godfrey Moase, 2020, Overland – ‘A plague of the working classes: we need to stand up’
Hagel, Brown and Wooll, 2018, Deloitte ‘Can we realize untapped opportunity by redefining work?’
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
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1. How might we define “work” in the current economic system? How has COVID19 changed our thinking about what work is, and how we do it?
2. Why is the Universal Basic Income presented as a positive initiative for a wellbeing economy? What benefits and risks are associated with a UBI?
3. How is the tone and content of the articles by Godfrey Moase, different to the article by Hagel, Brown and Wooll? Why do you think they ‘see’ work and the role of employees so differently?