Scott Santens
Editor of Basic Income Today
Basic Income Today was created to provide news and information and to further the discussion and debate about Universal Basic Income.
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Protestors in Argentina calling for creation of universal basic income equivalent to the cost of food at subsistence level
See original post here. Leftist social movements protested here Wednesday in front of the Casa Rosada, the seat of the Argentine government, to demand more aid for the poor and the jobless. Activists filled the streets of Buenos Aires as they made their way to the Plaza de Mayo, the vast central square that is home to the presidential palace, Congress and various government ministries. The marchers demanded a meeting
Latest Articles
As basic income pilot concludes in Gary, Indiana, recipients describe it as reaffirming their faith in God and their fellow man
See original post here. Of course, Sharon Fullilove and Diane Appiah are missing the $500 cash they each received
Study Finds Wildfires Disproportionately Impact Lower-Income Families
By: Laurenz Busch. See original post here. Climate change and California’s historic drought are stretching fire season beyond its traditional boundaries,
Pensioners call for £200-a-week guaranteed income as cost of living crisis deepens
By: Ben Glaze. See original post here. Pensioners should be guaranteed a minimum £200-a-week payout as the cost of
Food banks in Canada in crisis amid high inflation, increased demand
By: Tom Yun Original article can be seen here. Food banks say they are being stretched thin as more
COVID relief funds too generous with businesses, too strict with workers, experts say
By: Nojoud Al Mallees. See original post here. Benefits rolled out at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic allowed vulnerable Canadians to stay
Income Inequality
Income inequality in Canada declined with help from CERB and other pandemic support programs
By: Ghada Alsharif. See original post here. While COVID-19 wreaked havoc on the labour market, income inequality saw a
Belgian researchers explain why people with lower economic status don’t trust politicians as much
By: THE POLISH ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY. See original post here. The ‘anomie’ concept – that the society is
Inequality report brings buzz back to universal basic income scheme
By: N Chandra Mohan. See original post here. There is again a buzz surrounding the provision of a universal
Global Income Coin Raises Funding to Develop Universal Basic Income Through Crypto
Original press release can be seen here. Global Income Coin, a crypto non-profit company, secured $2 million to launch a new
Pilots & Experiments
Families could start getting money from Austin’s guaranteed basic income pilot next month
By: Jaclyn Ramkissoon. See original post here. Struggling families or individuals could start receiving payments from the City of
Pittsburgh’s canceled guaranteed income program was vulnerable to claims of racial discrimination
By: An-Li Herring See original post here. Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey’s administration cited unspecified legal concerns when it announced in April
Palm Springs basic income pilot, no longer tied to gender, gets $500,000 more in divided council vote
By: Paul Albani-Burgio. See original post here. A divided Palm Springs City Council voted Thursday to provide $500,000 more
As Baltimore opens enrollment for $1,000 monthly payments to young parents, applicants say the need is real
By: Emily Opilo See original post here. Inajah Wright has been homeless on and off since her late teens, relying
The Social Debate
Opinion: A universal basic income has become unavoidable
By: HEIN MARAIS. See original post here. We are at a point in SA where hardly anyone disputes the
Millions of Americans have long COVID. Many of them are no longer employed
By: ANDREA HSU. See original post here. More than two years after Georgia Linders first got sick with COVID,
$750 checks on the way to all residents of Colorado regardless of income
By: By HANNAH METZGER. See original post here. Colorado taxpayers will soon receive at least $750 in the mail
The US can inspire other countries to act on climate by adopting a carbon fee and dividend with a border tax adjustment
By: Jon Clark – Citizens’ Climate Lobby. See original post here. In response to Barry Davis’ July 29 essay
Andrew Yang
Success Stories
How a Universal Basic Income Helped Kenyans Fight COVID
By: TAVNEET SURI, NIDHI PAREKH. See original post here. New evidence from two Kenyan counties shows that cash transfers and
Why Billionaires Like MacKenzie Scott And Jack Dorsey Are Donating Millions To This Nonprofit That Provides Unconditional Cash
By: Rachel Sandler. See original post here. Sitting on a wooden bench in a remote village in Rwanda, a
Durham guaranteed basic income program is helping former prisoners readjust to society
By: Crystal Price. See original post here. Since March, more than 100 people in Durham have been receiving free
Want to Reduce HIV Infections and Deaths? Give People Money.
By: Maddie Bender See original post here. Give a man a fish, he’ll eat for a day. But give
The Basics of UBI
Treading water: Canadians need Universal Basic Income
By: Bhavana Kaushik. See original post here. In a world with skyrocketing housing prices, wages that don’t reflect productivity, and rampant worker
A Decent Level for All: Economic Justice and Universal Basic Income
By: Tanner Matthews. See original post here. Demands for “economic justice” in public policy debates are emotionally powerful, imparting
Opinion: To sustain our current economic model we need to start paying citizens
By: Rhiannon Picton-James. See original post here. A universal basic income, regardless of salary, savings and no strings attached. No
Is Universal Basic Income Part of a Just Transition?
By: JOHN FEFFER See original post here. In the remote rural village of Dauphin, in the Canadian province of
Workforce Automation
The first political party in Denmark to have its platform determined by AI includes a large UBI
See original post here. Universal basic income that’s double the average wage? Legislating in favor of human-algorithmic coexistence? These
Baidu unveils new self-driving taxi in China
By: Zoe Kleinman. See original post here. It says its new model, the Apollo RT6, has the the road
Amazon’s drone delivery service is finally starting
By: Joann Muller. See original post here. Nearly a decade after Amazon began working on drone delivery, customers living in
Autonomous cargo ship completes first ever transoceanic voyage
By: Anthony Cuthbertson See the original post here. A self-steering ship has completed the world’s first transoceanic voyage of