BIEN’s Basic Income Week “Ask Me Anything” Series Begins Tuesday, September 15

The Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN) together with the /r/BasicIncome community on Reddit has planned a series of Q&A events throughout Basic Income Week (September 14-20, 2015). Each event is called an AMA, which stands for “Ask Me Anything.” In each event a person with specialized knowledge in some area of basic income will go online and answer questions (by text) typed in by anyone accessing Reddit around the world.

Reddit is one of the most popular websites on the internet. It has millions of members in ongoing discussions of specific topics called, “subreddits.” The Basic Income subreddit is a lively and growing discussion with nearly 30,000 members.

The Basic Income Week AMAs are:

Tuesday, September 15, 2pm (Eastern time US): Liane Gale, co-founder of the Basic Income Women’s Action Group and Louise Haagh, co-chair of BIEN, Reader (associate professor) in politics at the University of York (UK) and author of several books and articles about basic income.

Tuesday, September 15, 2pm (Eastern time US): Ian Schlakman, New Economy Organizer, Green Party nominee for Congress (2014) and co-founder of Basic Income Action.

Thursday, September 17, 10am (Eastern time US): Sarath Davala, of the Self Employed Women’s Association (India) and Guy Standing, Professor of Development Students at the University of London, cofounder of BIEN, and author of a dozen books and hundreds of articles on basic income. Both Davala and Standing working on the Indian Basic Income Pilot Project.

Friday, September 18, 12pm (Eastern Time US): Andre Coelho and Jenna Van Draanen, the two co-editors of Basic Income News.

Sunday, September 20, 2pm (Eastern Time US): Sjir Hoeijmakers, econometrician, basic income activist, and leader in the push for a basic income pilot project in the Netherlands.