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Heikki Hiilamo: Alternative to Basic Income for Poverty Reduction in the Digital Age

Discussion on the book manuscript

ATTACHMENTS | heikki hiilamo Book manuscript Participation income_.pdf

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Online, Tuesday 8th March 2022, 12:00-15:00 o’clock EET (Eastern European Time)

Heikki Hiilamo: Participation Income: An Alternative to Basic Income for Poverty Reduction in the Digital Age

Despite enormous advances in technology and the accumulation of (financial) wealth, poverty and unemployment are still rampant in high-income countries. These problems are predicted to intensify with the adoption of new digital technologies, including automation and robotisation. A series of social assistance schemes and employment services have been implemented without significant results in poverty reduction. Recently, universal basic income has become the most popular policy idea to reform social security systems in keeping with the future needs of automatized and robotized economies. The main argument put forward in this book is that any reform for social assistance should continue enforcing reciprocity with reduced means-testing. This book argues that participation income model would be a more realistic alternative to basic income in accomplishing poverty reduction.

Discussion on the book manuscript

MS Teams, Tuesday 8th March 2022, 12:00-15:00 o’clock EET (Eastern European Time)

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Programme:

12:00-12:10 Introduction: (Olli Kangas)

12:10-12:20 Heikki’s forewords on the manuscript

Discussion on chapters and discussant

12:20-12:35 Ch. 1. Introduction to digital transformation and social policy: Olli Kangas

12:35-13:10 Ch. 3. Other existing challenges: Liisa Häikiö

Ch. 8. New models of participation income: Liisa Häikiö

Ch. 10. Conclusions: social policies for sustainable societies: Liisa Häikiö

13:10-13:25 Ch. 2. Machine beats man – prospects of paid work: Zehn Im