Scott Santens
Editor of Basic Income Today
EDITOR’S PICKS
Long Beach Moves Ahead With Guaranteed Basic Income For Some Artists
Automation is inevitable and this city is looking to lead the way with innovative solutions, like Basic Income for artists. Will it catch on? By: Hayley Munguia A temporary guaranteed income could be on its way for up to 150 artists in Long Beach. The City Council voted unanimously at its Tuesday, Nov. 17, meeting to direct the city manager to look into creating a fund that would provide $500 per month for a period of six months to artists
Latest Articles
Income Inequality
Why work more than 15 hours a week?
Unthinkable: It was good enough for your ancestors, says anthropologist James Suzman By: Joe Humphreys Anyone feeling lockdown guilt – …
How did Americans spend their economic impact payments?
The stimulus checks went to help people pay down debt and prepare for an uncertain financial future. The impact …
In just three months, 6 million more Americans have fallen into poverty
The rise in poverty was triggered by a lack of new stimulus checks and the end of the $600 …
74% of households with children that made less than $100,000 report facing serious financial problems
Juggling Financial Stress And Caregiving, Parents Are ‘Very Not OK’ In The Pandemic By: RHITU CHATTERJEE. — Back in …
Pilots & Experiments
Long Beach Moves Ahead With Guaranteed Basic Income For Some Artists
Automation is inevitable and this city is looking to lead the way with innovative solutions, like Basic Income for …
Task force in Ireland recommends 3-year basic income pilot for arts workers
Three-year pilot, costing €2.5m per 1,000 participants, proposed by recovery taskforce A proposal for a three-year pilot of a …
Glasgow City Treasurer to call for universal basic income trial support
City Treasurer Ricky Bell wants Glasgow to be at the “front of the queue” for a universal basic income …
Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh talks guaranteed livable income in Newfoundland and Labrador
Should a guaranteed livable income should be part of the answer to post-pandemic struggles for working people throughout Canada? …
The Social Debate
New poll shows support for a basic income guarantee is now at 64% in Canada
Covid is transforming how people view the role of government to support their citizens in times of economic turmoil. …
12 million Americans set to lose unemployment benefits the day after Christmas
The financial support from government stimulus programs have been credited with keeping many businesses and households afloat yet the …
The lack of a new stimulus bill may have contributed to the surging coronavirus infections
By: Joseph Zeballos-Roig Key takeaways: The US is breaking coronavirus infection records, causing some states and cities to consider …
Older workers discover insecure work is the new normal
It used to be that casual work was something teenagers experienced but more and more older workers are underemployed. …
Andrew Yang
Andrew Yang: Young people are the new corps of engineers the US has been waiting for
We have more than enough work to go around for the next generation if we address one of our …
Andrew Yang on 2020, UBI, and fixing government
The former presidential candidate discusses universal basic income, artificial intelligence, and his next job in politics. By Ezra Klein. – …
Andrew Yang has been added to the speaking roster for the Democratic National Convention
By: Grace Panetta —- KEY TAKEAWAYS: Andrew Yang has been added to the speaking roster for the August 17-20 …
Andrew Yang is teaming up with this philanthropic cash relief initiative distributing $1,000/mo to people for three months
BY TALIB VISRAM —- Andrew Yang ran for president on the single issue of universal basic income (UBI), which then …
Success Stories
A Monthly Basic Income Changed This German’s Life, and Then the Lives of 650 Others
Michael Bohmeyer’s website, “My Basic Income,” has given randomly selected people almost $1,200 a month for a year to …
Providing $7500 each to 50 homeless people resulted in a savings of $8100 per person according to new unconditional cash grant experiment
A Vancouver-based research project gave homeless individuals cash and tracked their progress for a year. The 50 cash transfer …
Has guaranteed basic income’s time arrived in Canada?
As people’s livelihoods have been thrown into upheaval amid the pandemic, public desire for a stronger safety net has …
Even brief stays in poverty can cause children lifelong harm, and money helps prevent poverty.
The virus doesn’t sicken kids as much as adults. But it can still destroy their futures. A child allowance …
The Basics of UBI
How UBI can expand educational and career opportunities
UBI programs need to think big picture to achieve lasting results. Is this the right time? By: Wendi Williams …
Basic Income Would Be More Effective Than Many Current Government Programs
Replacing the raft of recovery benefits with a simple, permanent guaranteed income would be an automatic stabilizer for people …
Could Canada’s new federal disability benefit lead to basic income?
Basic income is a guarantee that no Canadian will have to live on an income far below the poverty …
The moment for Universal Basic Income is now, and it’s local
As we look to a post-pandemic future, more and more local authorities are getting behind the idea of a …
Workforce Automation
Half of all work tasks will be handled by machines by 2025 in a shift likely to worsen inequality, a World Economic Forum report has forecast.
Half of all work tasks will be handled by machines by 2025 in a shift likely to worsen inequality, …
Flippy the burger-flipping robot goes on sale
The pandemic accelerates the adoption of automation across industries including the food services businesses. The impact on workers is …
Caterpillar bets on self-driving machines impervious to pandemics
Caterpillar’s automation strategy was not born during the COVID-19 era but the global pandemic is accelerating its rollout. By: …
Pandemic-fueled automation is gobbling up jobs that will never return
The COVID-19 pandemic has had massive economic impacts in the United States, and one of the problems many companies …