By: NIKOLA GRACE RADLEY. See original post here. Walking through the streets of Maricá, Brazil, there is a sense that something is different about this city
By: DAVID CASASSAS, JULIE WARK, AND JEAN WYLLYS … Original Post: https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/02/25/brazil-amazon-world-about-a-universal-basic-income/ “If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature,
Like an island surrounded by the Brazil of right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro, the city of Maricá is testing a leftist totem: the unconditional basic income.
Located just 60km from Rio de Janeiro, Marica has modelled itself into a very different city, paying residents a universal basic income, using its own
While Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro denies that a serious public health crisis is underway, a small municipality an hour up the coast from Rio de Janeiro
Economists have long argued that people should give each other money rather than gifts, since it is hard to know what others truly want. Though
Article originally published on May 31st, 2019. Last Saturday, May 25th 2019, an event took place in Marica, a city on the coast of the
