Basic Income: Calculating the Cost Savings and Downstream Benefits

The accuracy of the financial proxies derived from reliable sources is as essential as the power of the qualitative data to articulating the value of the intervention as well as the credibility of the analysis. [...] In other words, the SROI represents the value of a BIG in the combined measures of the qualitative and financial data, stories shared about impacts that are hard to quantify and monetize and SROI ratios calculated in a currency (money) that is widely understood. [...] The accuracy of the financial proxies derived from reliable sources is as essential as the power of the qualitative data to articulating the value of the intervention as well as the credibility of the analysis. [...] In other words, the SROI represents the value of a BIG in the combined measures of the qualitative and financial data, stories shared about the impacts of a BIG that are hard to quantify and monetize and SROI ratios calculated in a currency (money) that is widely understood. [...] With these potential cost savings in mind, the literature review concludes with a summary of the fiscal proposals for a Canadian BIG The Canadian Basic Income Debate Identification of Existing Canadian Reviews on Basic Income and Other Cash Transfers The following questions guided exploration of the Canadian debate: • What is the history of the Canadian basic income debate? • Why is there advocacy.