David Casassas

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

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Life and career

Casassas was born in 1975 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. [1]

He is a lecturer in social and political theory at the University of Barcelona and a member of the Research Group on Socioeconomic Ethics and Epistemology of Social Sciences (GREECS). [1]

He is the former secretary of the Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN) and is currently the vice president of the Basic Income Network. [2]

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  1. 1 2 "David Casassas". CCCB. Retrieved 2021-08-29.
  2. "David Casassas". Biennal. Retrieved 2021-08-29.