CLOSING LECTURE AT THE XVI INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF BIEN, SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA, JULY 7-9, 2016

Lecture to The International Seminar on the Basic Income or the Universal Citizen’s Income  organized by the Mexican Senate and  CEPAL, April 19-20, 2016 Contribution to the book “Integral Policy towards the First Infancy” about the São Paulo Carinhosa Program and Brazil Carinhoso Program (São Paulo and Brazil Caressing Programs), of the Municipality of São Paulo Program of Mayor Fernando Haddad, June 2016

The Citizens Basic Income: A Very Nice Proposal for Brazil and Korea

The Citizens Basic Income should be sufficient as possible to meet each persons vital needs, and should be paid to all inhabitants of a community, municipality, state, country, or even, someday, to all the population of a continent or of Planet Earth. Regardless of his/her origin, race, sex, age, civil, social or economic condition, everyone will have the right to receive the Citizens Basic Income as a right to participate in the wealth of that community, municipality, state, country, continent or of the Earth. It will be the same amount for everyone. Why paying the same to everyone? Even to those who have more resources and do not need it for his/her survival, even to the most successful entrepreneurs and artists? Because those who have more will collaborate more, in a way that they and the others will receive the CBI

MILTON SANTOS, UM GEÓGRAFO EMÉRITO

Quase 50 livros e 300 artigos publicados, duas dezenas de títulos “Honoriscausa” recebidos, reverenciando com o máximo reconhecimento internacional que um geógrafo pode almejar, com o prêmio Vautrin Lud, ganho em 1994. Seu extenso e abrangente currículo, com incursões docentes em várias universidades do mundo, incluindo a USP, na qual foi agraciado com o título de professor emérito, em 1977. Milton Santos (seu nome completo era Milton de Almeida Santos, natural de Brotas de Macaúba, Bahia) faleceu na capital paulista em 24 de Junho de 2001, com 75 anos