David Casassas (born 1975) is a Spanish academic and publicist.

Life and career

Casassas was born in 1975 in

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, Spain. He is a lecturer in

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and

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at the

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and a member of the Research Group on Socioeconomic Ethics and Epistemology of Social Sciences (GREECS). He is the former secretary of the

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(BIEN) and is currently the vice president of the Basic Income Network.

Publications (selection)

* ''La ciudad en llamas. The validity of commercial republicanism of Adam Smith'', Montesinos, 2010. * with Daniel Raventós: ''Basic income in the era of great inequalities'', Montesinos, 2011. * ''Revertir el script. Jobs, rights and freedom'', Los Libros de la Catarata, 2016. * as publisher: ''Boreal Invierno Austral'', Animal Suspechoso, 2016. * ''unconditional freedom. Basic income in the democratic revolution'', Paidós, 2018.

External links

Official website

Casassas' entry
on the website of the

2018 interview
in

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References

Living people 1975 births {{Spain-academic-bio-stub