Slavoj Žižek – Against Charity
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Žižek visits the RSA to ask the question that is on everyone’s lips: if we can pour billions of dollars into the global banking system in a frantic attempt at financial stabilization, why has it not been possible to bring the same forces to bear in addressing world poverty and environmental crisis?
If there is someone important in this discourse it is certainly Phillippe van Parijs (google him). He gave the proposal for basic income. It is an interesting idea :-)