Universal Basic Income (UBI) is the proposal that the state should provide a guaranteed income floor to everybody, as …
Chad Sziszak didn’t believe it at first. He got an email from Andrew Yang’s campaign that he would receive …
The idea of an unconditional basic income (UBI) floor where everyone starts with the same minimum amount of money as everyone …
For about a decade now, the charity GiveDirectly has been distributing cash straight to poor residents in sub-Saharan Africa, starting in …
Economists have long argued that people should give each other money rather than gifts, since it is hard to …
MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: What would you do with an extra 500 bucks a month, no strings attached? Well, thanks …
Support for universal basic income (UBI) is on the rise, according to a new Hill-HarrisX poll released on Wednesday. …
Here political philosopher and economist Karl Widerquist argues that UBI is required as compensation for the creation of property …
It’s based on the dividends that accrue to Americans because of their everyday contributions as workers, consumers, caregivers and …
What if we just give people money? This is the question propelling several new books and that’s been taken …
(CNN) Quick. Tell me the six highest-polling Democrats in the 2020 Democratic race. The first few are easy: Joe …
The opportunity to fail is a privilege afforded to a narrow subset of Americans. Risk and reward are two …
First published on May 31, 2019 A new study links an extra $1,000 a year paid through Alaska’s Permanent …
After the article “A Critical Poverty Eradication Experiment in Kenya”, published in the last issue of the BIEN News …
Chuck Fassi, 49, a self-described introvert with a heavy New England accent, has spent much of the past two …
Two competing (or, possibly, complementary?) proposals for resolving income inequality and the hole that four decades of demand-side Reaganomics …
Thousands of people could be put out of work by robots in reading in the next 20 years. Although …
James Collura was a recipient of basic income in Ontario’s recently cancelled Basic Income Pilot experiment. This is his …
Consider for a moment that from this day forward, on the first day of every month, around $1,000 is …
Chicago Alderman Ameya Pawar is worried about the future. He is concerned that a coming wave of automation could …
Andy Stern spent his career organizing service workers, fighting for higher wages and improving working conditions as head of …
This week, former U.S. President Barack Obama tentatively endorsed the idea of a universal basic income. The fortune of …
Each month, 1,000 struggling Chicagoans would get $1,000, no strings attached, to help break the cycle of poverty, under …
