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Part One of a three-part series “Look for a form for the whole of knowledge. Goal. Conditions required of this form – Its essential relation to language.” (Paul Valéry : Cahiers, Volume 5). Around 2015, I participated in a government-led initiative, Mining Phakisa. This was perhaps the first time I encountered and had to grapple with the concept of a “just transition” in such a rapt way, given how the concept is now taking centre stage as a ritual discourse among environmentalists, renewable energy and climate proponents. The year 2015 was also important in another respect — it ...

Alaska’s pursuit of independence Author: Grace Johnston Published December 27, 2020 Share on Facebook Print article The letter I had written was applying the principles of the financial independence movement to our Permanent Fund. This “movement” was popularized by bloggers like Mr. Money Moustache. However, its roots were several decades earlier with Vicki Robin and J.L. Collins in their breakthrough book, “Your Money or Your Life.” I like to imagine Gov. Jay Hammond could be added into this group as the founder of the Alaska financial independence movement. In a nutshell, i...

Print article Shortly before his death in 2005, Jay Hammond concisely expressed his vision for the Alaska Permanent Fund. “I wanted to transform oil wells pumping oil for a finite period into money wells pumping money for infinity,” the former Alaska governor wrote. For the first time since the Permanent Fund was created in 1976, the state of Alaska is seriously considering a step away from that vision. Gov. Mike Dunleavy has proposed spending billions from the fund to pay for a $5,000 stimulus in 2021. Such a stimulus is badly needed, economists say: Unemployment is high, thousands of...

Basic Income: Knowledge, Activism, Policy The program committee is now accepting proposals for papers, panels, roundtables, organizing meetings, and artistic events. Proposals on any topic involving basic income will be considered, but the organizing committee is particularly interested in papers and other events focused on: What we have learned from the year of responses to the pandemic and economic crisis Ways to move from crisis responses (such as one-time cash payments) to permanent policies Results from basic income and guaranteed income pilot programs in North America and elsewhere Cros...

Fas prices and job growth mean even more people are on the road. be even though progress has been made, fatal accidents can still happen if drivers are distracted, drunk or drowsy or speeding or not wearing a seat belt. in the world, you're not the only one on the road. >> oh my god. oh my god. oh my god. oh my god. >> in suburban detroit a bus driver admits he starts to nod off with his foot on the gas. as another angle shows, he speeds up just as traffic ahead slows down. jay hammond is driving in the opposing lane and can hardly believe his eyes. >> this bus is going to hit these cars. ther...