Scott Santens
Editor of Basic Income Today
EDITOR’S PICKS
Republican-Led States Are Now Paying Unemployment Benefits to Those Who Choose Unemployment Over Vaccination
Republican governors have decided to coddle vaccine refusers, even as they cut benefits for everyone else. By William Saletan Original article: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/11/red-states-are-now-paying-unemployment-benefits-to-anti-vaxxers-who-quit-their-jobs.html On Oct. 20, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds announced a crackdown on unemployment benefits. She required recipients to double their job search activity, and she imposed strict audits—with the threat of cutting off payments to anyone who fell short—to ensure that “no Iowan who is receiving unemployment benefits unnecessarily remains on the
Latest Articles
Togo Leads the Way in Direct Cash Transfers
By Ted Alcorn Original article: https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AVfwYyPtM7k/ted-alcorn Atani Bamaze was working his small plot of land, scything weeds down to the
Losing congressional candidate claims winner cheated by running on UBI
By Terry Spencer Original article: https://apnews.com/article/elections-lawsuits-florida-fort-lauderdale-special-elections-3b0d9b0b3eb4eb26fdcd4520190aa5da FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The Democratic Florida congressional candidate who lost a
South San Francisco launches guaranteed income program
By Jesse Bedayn Original article: https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2448685525609/500-a-month-without-strings-bay-area-s-latest-guaranteed-income-program?_f=app_share&s=a99&share_destination_id=MTUzNTUzMjU4LTE2MzgzMDcyOTEyNzU=&pd=0AOIDSZ0&hl=en_US South San Francisco this month sent out the first $500 monthly checks to around
Catalonia announces plan to provide basic income to 5,000 people for two years
By Peter Knight Original article: https://basicincome.org/news/2021/11/ubi-pilot-in-catalonia/ The President and Government of Catalonia, part of Spain encompassing seven million people and
300 Atlanta residents to receive guaranteed basic income for a year
Hundreds of Atlanta residents are expected to receive guaranteed income for an entire year following the approval of a
Income Inequality
Pope calls for universal basic income, shorter working day
In a video message to the Fourth World Meeting of Popular Movements on Saturday, Pope Francis called for a
The powerful message behind ‘Maid’
Opinion by Amy K. Matsui The new Netflix series “Maid” — largely based on the bestselling memoir of the
Illinois LGBTQ leader calls for a citizen dividend of $570 a year to combat income inequality
By Nara Schoenberg When Brian Johnson first started noticing articles about income inequality in 2016, he had his doubts. The
Rita Gau: My Journey with Money, Supporting Myself, and Worthiness
By Rita Gau Is it too much to expect to be able to meet your basic needs and have
Pilots & Experiments
Could a guaranteed basic income program be coming to Detroit?
By Jim Kiertzner Original article: https://www.fox17online.com/news/could-a-guaranteed-basic-income-program-be-coming-to-detroit (WXYZ) — Two of the newly elected Detroit City Council members have floated the
Atlanta experiments with guaranteed basic income programs
By Thomas Wheatley Original article: https://www.axios.com/local/atlanta/2021/11/10/atlanta-experiment-guaranteed-income-program How could a monthly $800 check change your life? Atlanta may soon find
A basic income pilot in Florida will give formerly incarcerated people $600 per month for a year
By Aria Bendix Original article: https://www.businessinsider.com/florida-basic-income-pilot-formerly-incarcerated-money-2021-11 A basic-income pilot program in Florida will give monthly stipends to 115 formerly
New Orleans wants to pay young people $350 a month. See how the program will work
By Jessica Williams Original article: https://www.nola.com/news/coronavirus/article_3e90c5a8-4328-11ec-8e7b-6f8e7df5ad69.html New Orleans will pay 125 young people $350 a month for most of
The Social Debate
Opinion: Time for a citizen dividend
By Guest Contributor Original article: https://basicincome.org/news/2021/11/opinion-time-for-a-citizen-dividend/ Guaranteed income programs are popping up everywhere in the US. It is time to expand
Twice as many UK voters support UBI than oppose it
44% of respondents support the idea of a universal basic income compared to 23% who oppose it. By Basit
Part of the ‘great resignation’ is actually just mothers forced to leave their jobs
By Moira Donegan Original article: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/nov/19/great-resignation-mothers-forced-to-leave-jobs During the pandemic, women have exited the labor force at twice the rate
Thousands of American Families to Get Up to $1,800 Per Child Next Month
BY Khaleda Rahman Original article: https://www.newsweek.com/thousands-low-income-families-get-1800-child-tax-credits-next-month-1652387 Tens of thousands of low-income families who signed up to receive the expanded child
Andrew Yang
Success Stories
As Oakland expands guaranteed basic income program, early recipients call it success
By Greg Lee Original article: https://www.ktvu.com/news/oakland-guaranteed-income-two-families-share-their-experiences OAKLAND, Calif. – In June, the city of Oakland launched one of the largest guaranteed income pilot
How a guaranteed basic income pilot program is helping in Gary, Indiana
By Zachary Green Original article: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-a-guaranteed-income-pilot-program-is-helping-some-in-gary-indiana The city of Gary, one of the poorest in Indiana, is now one
Stimulus Payments and the Child Tax Credit Are Transforming U.S. Families—What Happens When They End?
by Katie Fleischer COVID-19 and the unprecedented economic crisis it caused made 2020 one of the most economically challenging years
Child Tax Credit payments, other cash benefits lead to a decrease in child poverty
By Logan Rockefeller Harris Researchers from the Center on Poverty & Social Policy at Columbia University have been measuring monthly poverty
The Basics of UBI
Opinion: Yes, we can afford Universal Basic Income in South Africa
By Aliya Chikte and Gilad Isaacs Political will and strategic taxation channels could help bridge the yawning divide between
Guaranteed Minimum Income and How It relates to UBI
As the idea of different versions of UBI continues to gather support among the public, attention is turning to
Adopting basic income scheme in Wales could improve health for all
A new report published today (22.06.21) by Public Health Wales suggests that introducing a basic income scheme in Wales could be a catalyst for
Basic Income Will Increase Workers’ Bargaining Power
The economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic have brought calls for a universal basic income. While it’s no silver
Workforce Automation
Walmart is using fully driverless trucks to ramp up its online grocery business
By Frank Holland Original article: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/08/walmart-is-using-fully-driverless-trucks-to-ramp-up-its-online-grocery-business.html KEY POINTS Walmart and Silicon Valley start-up Gatik said that, since August, they’ve
Well-designed UBI can make automation welfare-improving for all US workers regardless of skill or age
by Seth G. Benzell and Victor Yifan Ye Despite clear economic benefits of new digital technologies, slow median wage
Do we need humans for that job? Automation booms after COVID
By: MATT O’BRIEN and PAUL WISEMAN. Ask for a roast beef sandwich at an Arby’s drive-thru east of Los
Rent-a-robot: Silicon Valley’s new answer to the labor shortage in smaller U.S. factories
Better technology and the need to pay higher wages to humans have produced a surge in sales of robots