@ceprdc.bsky.social promotes democratic debate on the most important economic issues.

A dual-currency alternative to welfare that eliminates the poverty trap structurally seems worth that debate.

#EconSky #PublicPolicy #PovertyResearch #WelfareReform

BetterToBest.github.io/research-hub/

Better To Best Research Hub: Economic Innovation for Poverty Elimination Open-access research on eliminating poverty through dual-currency systems (Creative Currency Octaves), community ownership models (Public Trust Housing/Foundations), and democratic governance. 14 peer...

@centeronbudget.bsky.social has documented effective marginal rates above 80% at benefit thresholds.

Creative Currency Octaves is designed to make those cliffs structurally impossible.

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Better To Best Research Hub: Economic Innovation for Poverty Elimination Open-access research on eliminating poverty through dual-currency systems (Creative Currency Octaves), community ownership models (Public Trust Housing/Foundations), and democratic governance. 14 peer...

Basic units that expire monthly ensure circulation rather than hoarding.

This stabilizes essential goods markets and limits inflationary pressure - a feature, not a bug.

#EconSky #MonetaryPolicy #PublicPolicy #PovertyResearch

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@j-pal.bsky.social runs the most rigorous poverty intervention evaluations in the world.

Creative Currency Octaves needs exactly this kind of experimental validation.

The research is open-access. The door is open.

#EconSky #PovertyResearch #OpenAccess

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What separates CCO from UBI:

UBI is unconditional cash.
CCO is conditional currency.

The conditionality creates the market incentive structure that rewards serving low-income communities.

#EconSky #UBI #PublicPolicy #PovertyResearch

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🌍 The 2026 ASAP Fellowship is open! Join our global network of scholars fighting poverty & advancing justice worldwide.
✨ Mentorship | Collaboration | Publication opportunities
📅 Deadline: 15 Feb 2026
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Nominations are now open for the 2024 ASAP Book Awards.

If you’ve read or written a book on poverty that was published in 2024, why not nominate it?

Deadline: July 31, 2025.

Let’s celebrate research that makes a difference.

Details: academicsstand.org

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The 2024 #ASAPBookAwards are now open!

Have you read or written a book published in 2024 that explores poverty and its solutions?

Nominate it for the ASAP Award!

Deadline: July 31, 2025.

Details: academicsstand.org

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ASAP – Academics Stand Against Poverty

Nominations are now open for the 2024 ASAP Book Awards.

If you’ve read or written a book on poverty that was published in 2024, nominate it by July 31, 2025.

Let’s celebrate research that makes a difference.

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Events news – ASAP – Academics Stand Against Poverty

Stay in the loop with the ASAP Summer Newsletter!

Read past editions & subscribe for updates on research, events, and opportunities: academicsstand.org/events-calen...

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The 2024 #ASAPBookAwards are now open!

Have you read or written a book published in 2024 that explores poverty and its solutions?

Nominate it for the ASAP Book Award!

Deadline: July 31, 2025.

Details: academicsstand.org

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Monitoring Poverty in a Data‐Deprived Environment: The Case of Lebanon This paper addresses the lack of data and limited statistical capacity in the Middle East and North Africa, particularly amid Lebanon's economic collapse. We apply a novel data augmentation technique...

Our paper on poverty in Lebanon has been allocated to the February 2025 issue of the Review of Income and Wealth.

It's open access, so feel free to share. Let's foster an evidence-based poverty and inequality conversation in Lebanon.

doi.org/10.1111/roiw...

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