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‘I can concentrate full-time on my art’: 14 months of Ireland’s Basic Income for Artists
The innovative Basic Income for the Arts scheme offers artists a payment of €325 per week. Broadly welcomed in the sector when introduced in 2022, we look at how the pilot project has been doing
Why Do We Work So Much?
Technology should have reduced our work hours. Why hasn’t it?
Michigan’s $55M experiment with guaranteed income begins with Flint moms
A new cash-assistance program will provide money to the mothers of newborns Audrina Gatica and Khim’Meir Taylor, who were thrust into the spotlight Wednesday as the program officially opened for applicants.
The Child Tax Credit Is Back From the Dead
Two years after the expiration of the expanded child tax credit, a pandemic-era policy that temporarily but dramatically lowered child poverty rates, federal lawmakers are close to a bipartisan deal that may reinstate some version of the credit.
Results of Saint Paul Guaranteed Income Pilot Show Increased Employment, Improved Outlook
Data is in for the nation’s first mayor-led guaranteed income pilot to use public dollars, and results show positive trends in employment, physical and mental health, and other indicators of well-being and quality of life.
Chicago and Cook County try bold experiments to combat economic inequity
There’s a pilot program called (Cook County) Promise that’s been giving thousands of low-to- moderate-income families $500 in cash every month to help them meet basic needs
Why this Denver company is giving $750 a month to pregnant women
Goldbug is funding a guaranteed income pilot for pregnant women—the first privately financed program like it in the country.
Opinion: Universal basic income for a more prosperous Australia
A universal basic income will not only benefit those suffering from poverty, but will also provide a more stable economy for all Australians. William Bourke reports.
A Signature Initiative for UBI in Germany has Started Again
“Unconditional Basic Income: An initiative starts again”
Only one-in-five hungry Canadians use food banks — what’s broken?
40 years on, food banks are doing nothing for the majority of nearly 6 million hungry Canadians. Experts say something needs to change
How $750 a month helped Bay Area homeless people off the street
The program providing provided guaranteed, no-strings-attached monthly incomes
New Orleans wants to spend $2 million to give out cash payments to disadvantaged youth
“This program has given our youth the power and autonomy to make the choices that most benefit them,” Mayor Latoya Cantrell said in a 2022 news release.
Harris County in Texas set to launch $500 a month guaranteed income program
“Uplift Harris” aims to give financial relief to low-income families in the county, with parties receiving $500 a month for 18 months.
$750 a month, no questions asked, improved the lives of homeless people in Los Angeles
If 100 homeless people were given $750 per month for a year, no questions asked, what would they spend it on?
The top 1% of American earners now own more wealth than the entire middle class
More than one-quarter of all household wealth, 26.5%, belongs to Americans who earn enough money to rank in the top percentile by income, according to Federal Reserve statistics through mid-2023.
Recipients of Basic Income for the Arts Report a 10% Decrease in Depression and Anxiety
Among the findings are that depression and anxiety experienced in the previous 4 weeks to the scheme decreased by almost 10%.
Scottish independence could see Universal Basic Income introduced, Scottish Greens say
Independence would allow us to ensure a real living wage for all and introduce a Universal Basic Income.
Direct cash payments are changing lives in Cook County
Researchers at the University of Chicago have been studying guaranteed income programs in the region, but there are some results data alone can’t reveal. So, one Chicago-based sociologist spoke with people receiving monthly cash assistance to find out more about the difference it makes in their lives.
The Shrunken Safety Net Could Help Explain Bad Feelings About Economy
Some people’s lives are harder now than they were three years ago because the government is doing less.
‘It’s Basic’: Campaign for a guaranteed income ramps up in Maine
Guaranteed income pilot programs are springing up across the country, including here in Maine, and a campaign to create the building blocks for a statewide program in Maine is ramping up.
Wales is set to let its basic income experiment end
The Welsh government has announced that its universal basic income (UBI) project will not be continued after the initial pilot ends in 2025 because of the cost.
Implementing a basic income means overcoming myths about the ‘undeserving poor’
On Prince Edward Island, a recent report has outlined how the province could reduce poverty by adopting a basic income. Meanwhile in Ottawa, the Senate is considering developing a framework for a national basic income. Momentum behind a basic income is clearly growing in Canada.
Concord Launches Guaranteed Income Pilot As Programs Gain Traction In The Bay Area
Advocates say that “no-strings attached” funding puts participants on a path to financial security because they often use the money to cover basic necessities, pay off debt, and build up savings.
Are young people poised to slam the brake on endless economic growth?
The climate and cost of living crises make belief in expanding GDPs look as stale as last year’s mince pies. But when central governments rely on consumerism to shore up spending, it will be hard for ‘degrowth’ to gain any traction
Two-thirds of Americans say AI could do their job
Vast majority of US workers admit artificial intelligence tools could replace them, according to a recent survey
AI may be greater threat to wages than jobs, European study finds
The rapid emergence of AI technology has fueled fears that people could lose their jobs to a deep learning machine that can perform their tasks more efficiently. However, new research suggests that so far, AI is actually creating jobs, though it may have a negative effect on wages.
The first results from the world’s biggest basic income experiment
One of the big questions GiveDirectly is trying to answer is how to direct cash to low-income households.
Tacoma’s guaranteed income program ‘GRIT’ may help more residents over next 2 years
TACOMA, Wash. – Tacoma’s guaranteed income program ‘GRIT’ could be on track to help another round of participants over the next two years.
UBI and a four-day week: ‘We should re-order how we work and live’
At the start of the pandemic, I wrote a piece about a four-day week and a universal basic income (UBI). I highlighted the huge changes that were coming because of AI and the need to go carbon neutral.
ChatGPT is already displacing freelancers
“AI is hard to compete with if you go head to head,” he added. “You have to find something it cannot do.”
Hundreds of cities experiment with giving people basic income
“Guaranteed basic income” pilot programs are running in communities all over the country, both liberal and conservative. The idea could become the next big public controversy.
Experts say UK must learn from ‘big deal’ Scottish Child Payment
The Institute for Fiscal Studies estimates that the bottom third of Scottish households with children will, on average, be around £2,000-a-year better off than similar English households.