August 2012
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What's in a name: Livable or Basic Income or...?
by C.A. L’Hirondelle
(Note: this is a draft version posted here for comments. See final article at livableincome.org )
Now that the word ‘basic’ is being used as an insult, can we stop calling it “basic income”?
From the Urban Dictionary:
“Likened to children, a ‘basic’ is a term used to describe someone with attributes of idiocy, foolishness and child-like behaviour. A...