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.
EDITOR’S PICKS
New bill would stop SNAP recipients from buying junk food with benefits
By: JANAE BOWENS and KONNER MCINTIRE See original post here. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) provides nutrition benefits to more than 42 million Americans. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., has a new bill called the Healthy SNAP Act. It would restrict what kinds of foods are allowed to be purchased with SNAP benefits with an emphasis on removing junk foods. By the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) own admission, unhealthy foods and beverages account for
Latest Articles
Why use of AI is a major sticking point in the ongoing writers’ strike
By: Jeremy Hsu See original post here. Could AI soon write your favourite Hollywood film or streaming show? That concern
BT to replace 10,000 workers with AI as part of wider cull of up to 55,000 staff in bid to slash costs
By: Kit Heren See original post here. The cost-cutting came as the company reported a 12% drop in annual
NYC Guaranteed Income Program Goes From Pilot to Permanent
By: Sarah Holder See original post here. A monthly cash payment program for new mothers in New York is
Food banks are taking over from the welfare state, warns Gordon Brown
Food banks are increasingly “taking over from the welfare state”, former Labour PM Gordon Brown has warned, amid growing
Guaranteed basic income program helps single mother make ends meet
By: JANET SHAMLIAN See original post here. Adriana Flores, a single mother of two boys, watches every dollar, and
Income Inequality
CEOs like Jamie Dimon, Warren Buffett, and Elon Musk want the government to fight inequality and ‘reignite the American dream’
By: Ethan Dodd See original post here. KEY POINTS: Corporations have long wanted the US government to just get
A mile-long line for free food offers a warning as covid benefits end
See original post here. HAZEL GREEN, Ky. — As he claimed the first spot in a mile-long line for
Insecurity is the problem, universal basic income part of the solution
By: Philippe Van Parijs See original post here. Not poverty, not inequality, but insecurity is at the root of
Human Rights Watch: A universal approach to social protection protects everyone’s right to an adequate standard of living
See original post here. (New York) – Nepal’s newly elected government should prioritize coverage for all children and add coverage for
Pilots & Experiments
Basic Income Program for High School Students Named Finalist in Fast Company’s 2023 World Changing Idea Awards
NEW ORLEANS , May 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — The 50 Dollar Study was named a Finalist in the Social Justice Category of Fast Company ‘s 2023
Your town might be sitting on pandemic cash it could use to build a grocery store or launch a guaranteed-basic-income pilot
By: Juliana Kaplan See original post here. KEY POINTS: When the pandemic hit, older people in Charleston, West Virginia,
Opinion: Detroit needs guaranteed basic income – now
By: Kofi Kenyatta See original post here. Arlyssa Heard struggles with crushing debt from student loans and a high-interest
Stroud group calls for Universal Basic Income trial
A campaigner says she hopes a Universal Basic Income (UBI) Scheme could be “this generation’s version of the NHS”.
The Social Debate
More Americans say financial woes are hurting their mental health
By: KHRISTOPHER J. BROOKS See original post here. Rising interest rates, inflation and unstable income are damaging the mental
Liberal convention in Canada votes in favor of guaranteed basic income
ByCosmin Dzsurdzsa See original post here. The Liberal Party of Canada held its policy convention over the weekend where
Calls for universal basic income in Singapore on May Day
By: Jewel Stolarchuk See original post here. Red Dot United (RDU) has proposed several measures to uplift Singapore workers in
Basic income could help create a more just and sustainable food system
By: Kristen Lowitt and Charles Z. Levkoe See original post here. Canada’s food system is experiencing ongoing stresses from supply chain
Andrew Yang
Success Stories
Cambridge’s successful COVID experiment at giving poor families $500 month will continue, and grow from 130 to to 2,000 people
By Janelle Nanos See original post here. For years, Mabell Acevedo struggled each month to make ends meet. As
One Way to Help Prevent Child Abuse? Give Parents Cash.
By: LINDSEY ROSE BULLINGER See original post here. In 2021, when many American families were suffering from the financial fallout
29 mayors are granting residents hundreds of dollars in monthly cash. Recipients are less stressed and securing better-paying jobs.
By: Alexa Spencer See original post here. Imagine being a mother of teenage sons who beg you to play sports,
In Stockton, basic income helped fight poverty and COVID
When Stockton, California, resident Gregory Gauthier had to take time off from his job at auto dismantler Pick-n-Pull to
The Basics of UBI
Opinion: Why Milton Friedman’s free market needs basic income
By: Joshua Preiss See original post here. Universal basic income is an idea usually associated with the political left.
No Simple Policy – Designing a European Basic Income
See original post here. The idea of a European universal basic income bears potential as a palpable way of
Opinion: Basic income wouldn’t lead to adults leaving their jobs and could lift millions of children into brighter futures
By: Michael W. Howard When the child tax credit, first established in 1997, was expanded for a year in
UBI – A highly relevant macroeconomic policy tool that most policymakers misunderstand
By: Swapnil Pawar Universal basic income has been discussed at length in recent debates in economics. The mistaken and
Workforce Automation
DeepMind Founder Says Universal Basic Income Needed for AI Job Losses
By: Pete Syme See original post here. A co-founder of DeepMind, the AI company bought by Google in 2014,
AI could replace 80% of jobs ‘in next few years’: expert
By: Eugenia LOGIURATTO See original post here. Artificial intelligence could replace 80 percent of human jobs in the coming
Basic Income and AI-Induced Unemployment
By: Connor Axiotes (Adam Smith Institute) | Nikhil Woodruff (UBI Centre & Policy Engine) | Scott Santens (Humanity Forward)
IBM to pause hiring in plan to replace 7,800 jobs with AI
International Business Machines Corp expects to pause hiring for roles as roughly 7,800 jobs could be replaced by Artificial Intelligence