PKT message, conference announcement

CALL FOR PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS

THE THIRD CONGRESS OF THE U.S. BASIC INCOME GUARANTEE NETWORK

February 20-22, 2004 the Hyatt Regency Washington, DC
400 New Jersey Avenue, NW

The U.S. Basic Income Guarantee Network will hold its Third Annual Congress in
conjunction with the Annual Meeting of the Eastern Economics Association at
the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The Congress is
co-sponsored by the Citizen Policies Institute. USBIG is a network promoting
the discussion of the Basic Income Guarantee (BIG) in the United States -- a
policy that would unconditionally guarantee a subsistence-level income for
everyone.

Scholars, activists, and others are invited to attend, to propose papers, and
to organize panel discussions. Proposals are welcome on topics relating to the
Basic Income Guarantee or to the current state of poverty and inequality.
Suggested topics include the political economy of BIG; the history of BIG;
gender, family, and labor market issues of BIG; rights and responsibilities
relating to BIG, refundable tax credits as a path to BIG, and empirical issues
of BIG and of poverty including cost estimates. The purpose of the conference
is discussion, and all points of view are welcome. Although the meeting is in
conjunction with the Eastern Economics Association, the USBIG Congress is
entirely autonomous in content and submissions are welcome in any discipline.

The first two USBIG Conferences have been attended by a wide range of
academics and activists from the United States and a dozen other countries.
Three papers from the first conference will soon be published as a symposium
in the Review of Social Economy. Seven papers from the first two Congresses
will form the basis of a special issue on the basic income guarantee in the
Journal of Socio-Economics forthcoming in 2004. Several of these papers will
be published in a book entitled "The Economics and Ethics of the B asic Income
Guarantee," edited by Lewis, Pressman, and Widerquist.

TO PROPOSE A PAPER, send a proposal including the following information to
Karl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
1. Name
2. Title (if applicable)
3. Affiliation (if applicable)
4. Address including City, State, Zip Code (Postal Code), and Country
5. Telephone number
6. Email Address
7. Paper Title
8. Abstract (of 50 to 150 words)

The Deadline for submissions is November 7, 2003.

Anyone who submits a paper must also be available to chair a session and/or to
act as discussant. Anyone who wants only to chair a session or act as a
discussant should email their name, affiliation, and contact information to
Karl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

TO PROPOSE A PANEL DISCUSSION, please send a title (and topic) for the panel
and the following information for each participant:

1. Name
2. Title (if applicable)
3. Affiliation (if applicable)
4. Address including City, State, Zip Code (Postal Code), and Country
5. Telephone number
6. Email Address
7. Title of remarks (if appropriate)

Please indicate whether or not the speakers will be presenting formal papers.
If so, please include an abstract for each paper. Given the time constraints,
panels with formal paper presentations should usually contain three
presentations, although it is possible to squeeze in four, and discussions
without formal papers can include more.

EVERYONE WHO ATTENDS MUST REGISTER WITH THE EEA. Indicate on your registration
form that you will be attending the USBIG conference and you can register at
the members' price ($45 in advance and $60 on site) without paying the EEA
membership fee (saving $50). This saves more than half price off of the
regular EEA registration fees. Check the EEA website
(http://www.iona.edu/eea/) for more information about registration. Please
note, the EEA does check to make sure we all register.