Ten Freiburg theses on basic income

Masterclass by Claus Leggewie at the Freiburg FRIBIS shows the potential for a basic income to overcome crises. "An unconditional basic income can be a very effective instrument for overcoming a wide range of social, economic and ecological crises with which our societies are increasingly confronted," says political scientist Prof. Claus Leggewie (University of Giessen), who, as a visiting professor at the Freiburg Institute for Basic Income Studies (FRIBIS), conducted a masterclass on the topic with 14 doctoral and master's students. The result of the masterclass are ten theses that show the potential of an unconditional basic income (BGE) for crisis management and prevention. The theses are intended to act as an impulse in science, politics and society. Through a BGE, every citizen of a community would receive a lifelong participatory income. As an individual legal entitlement, the basic income is neither tied to gainful employment nor to a prior assessment of need according to income and assets, origin and education, occupation and age. The ten Freiburg theses include: - The BGE supports the desire for self-determination, which arises from freedom and responsibility for oneself and others.