Productive, social and ecological Keynesianism Cristovam Buarque 13th International Conference of the Basic Income Earth Network: Basic Income as an instrument for justice and peace Rio de Janeiro, 2nd July 2010

The five crises Financial crisis

The five crises Economic crisis Financial crisis

The five crises Economic crisis Financial crisis Social crisis

The five crises Economic crisis Financial crisis Social crisis Ecological crisis

The five crises The negative intersections between the crises To balance finances, GDP and social policies suffer. To raise the GDP and social welfare, finances and ecology suffer. EconomyFinance Social Ecology

The five crises Financial crisis Ecological crisis Economic crisis Social crisis Ideological crisis The fifth crisis

Productive, social and ecological Keynesianism Traditional Keynesianism Government Unemployed Market consumption dynamic recovery transfe r income

Productive, social and ecological Keynesianism Productive Keynesianism Governmen t Poor people Market income transfer to hire consumption dynamic recovery income Goods and services to meet the needs of the poor Satisfaction of needs employmen t

Productive, social and ecological Keynesianism All children in school - the impacts of the Bolsa- Escola BOLSA-ESCOLA Promotes local governmental empowerment Defends human rights, especially children's rights Inhibits migration Enhances family bonds Empowers women Relieves poverty (increases income, brings better food, health, housing) Creates job and income growth Promotes economic growth from the bottom of the social pyramid Drastically reduces drop-out Eradicates child labor Enhances the quality of education Increases adult literacy Impacts on Citizenship and Solidarity Impacts on Society and Economy Impacts on Children's Life and Education

Productive, social and ecological Keynesianism The school savings program – Poupança Escola: gives the student a financial incentive for annual promotion to the next grade and for continuing the studies until the end of secondary school. Guarantee of a Preschool Salary and of a Preschool Basket: avoids that mothers abandon their children in order to work. Mothers receive a salary and a basket with food and pedagogical toys for their kids. Baskets will be distributed in the school, where mothers will also receive the necessary instruction. Promotion of reading: fights one main characteristic of poverty – the low reading level, even among the literate. It is necessary to carry the libraries to the people, in the form of Domestic Libraries (bibliotecas domésticas) or Book Suitcases (malas do livro) Paid Civic Service: building a society without partition demands a program aimed at young people, offering a salary, a goal, a labor ability, satisfaction, citizenship.

Productive, social and ecological Keynesianism School at home : paid incorporation of up to 500 thousand young people and adolescent to serve as monitors na supplementary education program. Incorporation of the Brazilian University into the antipoverty struggle: –Preparation and recycling of elementary and secondary school teachers –Involvement in the eradication of adult illiteracy in four year's time –Reorganization of some courses so that they contribute to the formulation and implementation of antipoverty policies and respect for ecology, employment creation, valorization of social justice, housing, and health and nutrition care. Healthcare for everyone: simple actions can increase the health level of the poor, guaranteeing running water and sewage, offering family medical care, building efficient public hospital, creating jobs for cleaning agents.

Productive, social and ecological Keynesianism The Literacy Scholarship – the Bolsa Alfa: to mobilize the illiterates’ idle energy so that they will learn to read as quickly as possible. One way to accomplish this is to pay adults to learn to read. Training and financing of the Small Producer: a program to train the workforce and, at the same time, offer credit and technical assistance to those trained People's Bank: since the financial system only makes loans to those who already have access to credit, it would be a great revolution if capital is made available to finance small producers. Unmigration: any antipoverty program will have limited effect unless the whole country is involved in an intense unmigration program from urban areas. A fund can be created and used to pay the equivalent to half a minimum wage for up to six months to the unemployed people would return to their place of origin.

Productive, social and ecological Keynesianism Space of tolerated inequality, established by individual talent and persistence Space of superfluous consumption to be prevented by regulations of environmental protection Space of social exclusion to be prevented by social policies Social protection net Social ascension ladder Limits to necessary consumption

Productive, social and ecological Keynesianism Text: Cristovam Buarque Image selection, translation and special effects: Christiana Ervilha