Clive Lord is a member of the Green Party. He was one of the first members of the People Party, the political predecessor to the Green Party. He has also campaigned widely for the introduction of a basic income, and is the author of A Citizens’ Income: A Foundation for a Sustainable World (2003), which outlined his personal philosophy and political beliefs, and and co-author of the forthcoming, Citizen’s Income and Green Economics (Green Economic Institute, 2011).