The conference this year will survey the basic income debates in Anglo-Saxon countries and the question whether the Alaskan Permanent Fund could be a model for other states.

to see the program of the conference, click on

http://www.usbig.net/cong2011/2011--NA-BIG--TentativeProgram--Dec.html

to read Dorothee Schulte Basta's short address on the German debate on the basic income, click on

http://www.grundeinkommen.de/content/uploads/2011/02/vortrag_usbig_2011.pdf