By: Sigal Samuel If you’re reading this, you probably care about fighting climate change. But what does that actually mean to you? Chances are, you take
By: Hein Marais Battle lines separate the demand for a universal basic income (UBI) from the hold-out view that the support should be rationed and
By: Ben van der Merwe. See original post here. Nearly half of all British adults (48 per cent) would support the introduction of a universal
By: JOHN FEFFER See original post here. In the remote rural village of Dauphin, in the Canadian province of Manitoba, economists tried out an unusual
By: Sze Yan Liu See original post here. The Big Idea When people living in poverty in countries like Malawi, Indonesia, and Ecuador receive cash payments without
By: PATRICK THOMAS. Original Post here. _______________________________________ Highlights: Guaranteed income program provides former inmates with supplemental income 109 formerly incarcerated individuals will receive $600 a
A growing sense of inequality is undermining trust in both society’s institutions and capitalism, according to a long-running global survey. The 2020 Edelman Trust Barometer –
Unemployed residents struggling to survive on low state benefits are a preview of what could come nationwide as federal pandemic aid programs expire By: Yeganeh Torbati
The real test of a “real” universal basic income needs to include everyone. Can this approach survive the scrutiny that is sure to come? By:
New book highlights the need to distribute jobs, income and other essential resources in a way that treats people who are young and old as
While it’s promising to see our recovery in progress, we must reckon with the fact that our society functioning as normal simply wasn’t working for
The evidence is in: Sending out direct cash payments has been a full-blown success—and we can’t afford to stop. By: JIM PUGH It’s become almost
Jamie Swift and Elaine Power’s book offers a compelling argument that it’s time to give Canadians more freedom and security. By: Paloma Pacheco “The good
GLBI could lift millions of Canadians out of poverty, giving workers leverage and empowering them to make their own choices By: New Democratic Party MP
A personal story. By: Tia I was part of the very first Magnolia Mother’s Trust program, back when it was just 20 moms almost three
Emergency benefits showed the value of ensuring all Canadians are guaranteed enough money to meet basic needs. Opinion by: Moira Wyton A basic income program
Terms like “covidiots” have become almost as familiar as “pandemic fatigue,” feeding into a widespread narrative of blame whereby the spread of infections is explained
Laying the foundation for a more inclusive and resilient economy: “While the vaccine can reduce our likelihood to contract the novel coronavirus, we must also
In the wake of the pandemic, Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party is seeking to forge a more interventionist state. By: Aaron Burnett This is not the time for austerity,”
By: By Brendan Kennedy. – A coalition of nearly 4,000 individuals and organizations is calling on the federal government to implement a guaranteed basic income to address the
The median worker should be making as much as $102,000 annually—if some $2.5 trillion wasn’t being “reverse distributed” every year away from the working class.
By: Ben Kesslen — Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf said a guaranteed income is “probably the most powerful antidote for racial disparities” that she could enact.
