CREATIVE THINKER: THOMAS PAINECREATIVE THINKER: THOMAS PAINE Presented by: Marco Valle Facilitator: Peggy Ryan OI 361

ABOUT English-American political activist Called an author, journalist, propagandist Political Theorist Revolutionary Born In Thetford, England. Emigrated to British American colonies in 1774 Participated in American Revolution

CONTRIBUTIONS Author of two highly influential pamphlets at the start of the American Revolution; “Common Sense” (1776), and “The American Crisis” pamphlet series ( ). One of the Founding Fathers of the United States Author of The Age of Reason (1793). Advocates deism and promotes freethinking, argues against institutionalized religion. Debates authenticity of the bible. Highly controversial Author of Agrarian Justice (1795), pamphlet discussing the origins of property and introduced the concept of guaranteed minimum income.

CONT. CONT. Paine initiated a mission to France to raise money, and acquired 2.5 million livres in silver from the French king. Paine made influential acquaintances in Paris, and helped organized the Bank of North American to raise money to supply the army.

QUESTIONS ?

REFERENCES History of Basic Income, Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN), retrieved on 18 June 2009 Grace Clark: Pakistan's Zakat and 'Ushr as a Welfare System Friedman, Milton (2002). Capitalism and Freedom: Fortieth Anniversary Edition. University of Chicago Press. pp. 192–194. ISBN Martin Luther King jr., Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? (New York: Harper & Row, 1967) Economists' Statement on Guaranteed Annual Income, 1/15/ /18/1969 folder, General Correspondence Series, Papers of John Kenneth Galbraith, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library. Cited in: Jyotsna Sreenivasan, "Poverty and the Government in America: A Historical Encyclopedia." (Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2009), page 269 "New Zealand Is Jolted By a Speedy Decontrol", Seth Mydans, The New York Times (24 February 1988) Hayek on Hayek: An Autobiographical Dialogue by F. A. Hayek, edited by Stephen Kresge and Leif Wenar (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1994)