I - 04. Philippe Van Parijs, lecture at WTM Forum I: Commoning Economy, Sun 17 Jan 2016

In his talk at the Commoning Economy forum, philosopher and political economist Philippe Van Parijs discusses and propagates the idea of a universal basic income, of which he has been a passionate proponent for decades, since publishing his book Real Freedom for All: What (if Anything) Can Justify Capitalism? (1995). While the universal nature of this concept is seemingly at odds with the localized nature of community economies, Van Parijs makes a strong case for its concrete feasibility – considering, for instance, to what extent universal basic income can be an alternative to capitalism and its regime of boundless productivity.