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SUMMARY: 'An idea whose time has come?' Tracing the history of Universal B
 asic Income in British politics\, 1918-201 -  Dr Peter Sloman (Department 
 of Politics and International Studies (POLIS) and Churchill College\, Camb
 ridge) 
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CONTACT:Dr Rachel E. Holmes
DESCRIPTION:The idea of a Universal Basic Income has moved rapidly up the 
 British political agenda in recent years\, with support from the Royal Soc
 iety of Arts\, the Green Party\, and left-wing writers such as Paul Mason.
  Contemporary interest in basic income forms part of a lively global debat
 e about inequality and the impact of automation\, but it also draws on a l
 ong history of proposals for tax-benefit integration in Britain which date
 s back almost a century. This talk will examine the history of the idea an
 d analyse the prospects for its successful implementation.
LOCATION:Gatsby Room\, Wolfson College
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