Talk:Tony Atkinson

Death?
Someone added a link to "RIP Sir Tony Atkinson" as proof of death, and modified the page to reflect that 'fact'. So far I can only find this "Tony Atkinson has died" additionally. Well, this "Tony Atkinson died ?"

Why doesn't anyone cite their sources? Use Google search, past week "tony atkinson economist".

Here's Paul Krugman on twitter. Looks legit, but need sources! Shenme (talk) 01:55, 2 January 2017 (UTC)


 * Well it only took 40 edits and 19 hours before someone finally added a creditable cite. I suppose that's near perfection for BLP concerns, right? (sigh) Shenme (talk) 00:52, 3 January 2017 (UTC)

Basic Income
If one reads the reference 15 carefully one will see Atkinson wasn't advocating a basic income but a participation income. There is a húge difference. Everyone gets a basic income. Not everyone gets a participation income. In order to get the last one you have to be there for others, take care for children, elderly or people in need, go to school if you're young, learn a trade, volunteer, ... . A participation income is not for addicts (games, drugs, television, booz, 3D, ...) who sit or lay on there asses all day. A participation income you don't get in order to consume (like the basic income) but because you participate. I leave it in the text because I'm not native english speaking but someone should look into it and change it in my opinion Skaldis (talk) 09:41, 2 November 2018 (UTC)