call for papers

["Lee, Frederic" <leefs@xxxxxxxx>]

FYI
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 Basic 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.



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KARL WIDERQUIST
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PERSONAL WEBSITE: http://www.widerquist.com/
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