This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

The welfare state, built for a different age, is crumbling.
In this talk, Jamie will outline some of the positive paths we could take, and the role that basic income could play in creating a radically different Glasgow and Scotland.
As films such as "I, Daniel Blake" have vividly demonstrated, a system designed to support and protect people at moments of vulnerability in their lives has been warped into one which uses sanctions to punish and control. As wages have stagnated, jobs have changed, and incomes have been unpredictable, we have seen the growth of a section of society which Guy Standing calls the 'Precariat,' - living precarious, insecure lives. In turn, we have seen dangerous forces start to harness these insecurities, fueling the rise of the far right in various parts of the world. It's a depressing picture, but there is hope, and Scotland, once again, has a chance to act as a beacon of enlightenment.
Glasgow is leading the way on developing basic income pilots, radical schemes to change the way we envisage work, income, and our place in society, and in which we fundamentally shift the relationship between the citizen and state.