By Aliya Chikte and Gilad Isaacs Political will and strategic taxation channels could help bridge the yawning divide between …
Gyeonggi Province Gov. Lee Jae-myung, the front-running presidential contender for the ruling Democratic Party, made a campaign pledge Thursday …
Philosopher and political economist Philippe Van Parijs looks at whether the cultural sector could benefit from a period of …
The introduction of a universal basic income (UBI) and freeing Scotland from a “crazy” system of welfare which generates …
The Commons Work and Pensions Committee has ruled Universal Basic Income is not ‘the right way forward’ for the …
As the feds rollback Covid-19 income supports, more municipalities are experimenting with guaranteed income programs. An interview with the …
UBI programs are a hot topic among economists and policymakers. Can it live up to its promise to eradicate …
Opposition Ishin pledges streamlined social safety net as election nears by consolidating social security programs into a single basic …
BY MELISSA MONTALVO A Fresno-area politician wants California to prioritize struggling San Joaquin Valley farmworkers in a proposed pilot program …
Though imperfect, Covid support measures changed attitudes to those who have less money through no fault of their own …
The benefits of universal basic income is being recognized globally with the potential to provide everyone with a safety …
Like an island surrounded by the Brazil of right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro, the city of Maricá is testing a …
By: Jackson Cote | jcote@masslive.com As the debate over the idea of universal basic income continues across the country, the …
Guaranteed income programs, no matter whom they support, must frequently battle the same zombie ideas. By Lily Janiak When …
“We have to create an entirely new structure for the Internal Revenue Service. We are not historically a benefits …
We can’t be an anti-racist, just society until we have safe and stable families and communities. And for this …
The Bay Area is ground zero for UBI. More than anything, these pilots could help normalize the concept of …
By Marc E. Fitch The City of Hartford’s Court of Common Council voted in March to create a task force …
By Sarah Delahaye More and more people feel that universal basic income (UBI) could change our society for the …
His Family Security Act, which would pay parents a monthly stipend as they raise their children, has united an …
The bloc’s recovery efforts are falling short of those in the US. When European Commission President Ursula von der …
By Jacob Pramuk Twenty-one Senate Democrats led by Ron Wyden are pushing President Joe Biden to include recurring direct payments …
By Catherine Clifford Artificial intelligence will create so much wealth that every adult in the United States could be paid …
Introducing a Basic Income Guarantee would cost a lot of money. The good news is that we can finance …
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Former call center workers said that stopping fraud was prioritized over providing benefits. Opinion by the Tampa Bay Times …
This is a list of some arguments in support of UBI that I’ve most frequently come across during my …
Imagine a new model: a smaller number of American workers using labor-saving methods, who also get high wages out …
The Marin program will provide $1,000 monthly grants to 125 low wage-earning women of color who are raising at …
Eligible artists must be aged 18 and over, have suffered loss of income due to the pandemic and have …
Should the massive federal assistance have been more targeted? We should be glad it wasn’t. By Robert Shapiro Both progressives …
The Automatic Boost to Communities (or ABC) Act is cosponsored by U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal and is a long shot …
By Sarah Ravani Oakland plans to start a guaranteed income program this spring for 600 residents — one of the …
“The results of this experiment will demonstrate whether basic income is a fleeting issue or a means by which …
Artists make up just under 1% of the labor force—that’s more than the number of workers in either the …
‘Payments may be making their way into mutual funds and ETFs’: Goldman Sachs analysts wrote. By William Watts Stock-market investors poured a …
Families will not get cash or checks, but debit cards they can use to make purchases. 110 Paterson families …
Pandemic parenting is impossible. American work culture is a big reason why. By Anna North Erica, an Indiana mom, was …
The newly enacted child tax credit has the potential to reduce the number of rent-burdened households with children by …
Opinion by Tarek Fatah The sight of the homeless sleeping on sidewalks in below-freezing temperatures is not an uncommon …
A new report on the California’s city’s no-strings-attached money experiment shows that the $500 monthly stipend did more than improve …
Spain will test a four-day workweek in a new pilot program this year, The Guardian reports. The government will …
Biden’s stimulus plan contains an experiment in Universal Basic Income. The bill’s child tax credit has the potential to …
Ensuring everyone has decent public services and a guaranteed income could transform the UK after the pandemic Opinion by …
By Joan Bryden, The Canadian Press OTTAWA — The idea of creating a universal basic income is being pushed …
For too long people in need have been stereotyped as lazy and dependent. Cash payments give them the breathing …
A guaranteed income gives people the mental, physical and economic benefits that come with a basic level of financial …
“Although there is now a little library of books on Basic Income, we believe that our effort is unique …
He is best known for his work on a Stockton pilot project that provided $500 a month to a …
How government-provided cash gives people the tools to solve their own problems. By Aisha Nyandoro and Natalie Foster As President …
The words in this video essay were authored by writer and UBI advocate Scott Santens. Video by Build The …
“Without UBI, I believe many feel the very capitalist system itself is in crisis,” says Govorner Lee Jae-myung. By William …
The Robots Are Coming for Phil in Accounting. By Helen Lyons The robots are coming. Not to kill you …
By Helen Lyons Working towards a universal basic income is urgent, says Georges-Louis Bouchez, president of the conservative Mouvement …
“Social assistance provided as charity rather than rights do not prevent poverty but perpetuate it,” 92 groups have said …
Under the plan passed Tuesday, $6 million would go toward a universal basic income pilot program in Councilman Curren …
Instead of reserving CARES Act stimulus funds for municipal operations — like everywhere else in the United States — …
The American Rescue Plan would temporarily expand the child tax credit for 2021: allowing 17-year-old children to qualify, increasing …
LGBT+ people have so much to contribute to our society—be it in enterprise, the arts or in our politics. …
Opinion by Eric Levitz For weeks, a handful of moderate Democrats in the Senate have been fighting to prevent $1,400 …
By Aria Bendix In Stockton, California, 125 residents got $500 per month, no strings attached, for two years. After …
Ten senators want to make direct payments and unemployment insurance extensions automatic until the economy recovers. By Kevin Robillard …
Unconditional cash payments to residents are more of a floor to stand on than a safety net, say these …
Anne Case and Angus Deaton provide a compelling account of the problem, but anemic solutions. The epidemic of deaths …
If medically assisted death becomes more accessible for Canadians, we have a moral obligation to make living well — …
Sen. Dave Cortese proposes statewide basic income pilot; a pilot that includes foster care youth as they leave the …
By Lorie Konish KEY POINTS A new coronavirus relief bill is in the works and it could mean a …
The Green Party is proposing a basic income model that would give every Canadian a basic revenue source that …
For so many people, financial insecurity is a constant in their lives, curtailing their life chances and causing chronic stress. As …
We are public opinion scholars at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. We conducted a survey to try …
Bill C-273 is focused on framing, testing and validating different models of UBI implementation to get to real answers …
Durham’s proposal to experiment with a type of universal basic income is moving forward. By Thomasi McDonald Councilman Mark-Anthony …
One universal truth holds both pre-pandemic and now: The number one obstacle to escaping an abuser is financial insecurity. …
By Melissa Repko KEY POINTS Walmart CEO Doug McMillon said more customers spent their recent stimulus checks on necessities, …
The expert panel would have benefited from a political scientist or, heaven forbid, one or two people actually living …
One woman’s work to get UBI onto the screens and into the hearts of Americans. By Diane Pagen People …
“I wake up and I feel privileged that I may have a positive impact on the lives of other …
Ulster County Executive Patrick Ryan, Tuesday, announced major programs aimed at helping families get back on their feet as …
Recurrent, direct payments should be a permanent part of the U.S. recession-fighting arsenal. Opinion by Mark Blyth Early in the …
UBI, at its core, is an unconditional cash transfer that guarantees a livable income regardless of work status. This …
Giving people money is a proven, fast, equitable strategy to spur economic recovery. The truth is, we need recurring …
Maybe such fat checks wouldn’t have been as necessary if the country had a more robust support system for …
“An eviction is not a single event in a person’s life. It actually changes the trajectory of a life, …
The human “fight or flight” response gives demagogues like Trump a tool for political manipulation. But we could replace …
Opinion by: Tim Cadogan As Congress debates a new COVID-19 aid package, millions of Americans are struggling to pay …
By Diane Griffin, Brian Francis, and Mike Duffy Last spring more than 50 members of the Senate of Canada …
By Theo Wayt When governments in developed countries like the U.S. and Britain provide extra support for low-income people …
By Senator Ron Wyden The most visible—and popular—pieces of economic relief Congress has approved over the past year have …
By the Economic Security Project Members of Congress, mayors, organizers, small business owners, and individuals impacted by the pandemic …
A new report from AARP’s Public Policy Institute explores how the coronavirus pandemic has amplified chronic problems in long-term care, as …
By Anne Ternus-Bellamy Families with young children currently living in deep poverty in Yolo County would receive monthly cash assistance …
By Jolson Lim Support for a basic income may be shifting from one end of the country to the other. …
The Family Security Act would offer up to $350 per month, per kid, to help parents raise their children. …
The $1,200 Covid-19 stimulus checks last year were a breakthrough in US policy — and may signal a new …
Their output has ‘kept us all alive throughout this pandemic.’ But several blows have made the creative life too …
By Greg Rosalsky As Washington debates sending checks to Americans and increasing the minimum wage, a new study offers evidence for …
The Cost of Living examines claims made by UBI’s supporters and detractors and includes interviews with welfare rights adviser …
By Shahar Ziv The U.S. could afford to give every working adult $1,875 stimulus checks for eight months for …
By Andrew Trunsky Even though President Joe Biden’s coronavirus relief plan has been met with skepticism from some Republicans, …
Georgia Sens. Raphael Warnock (D) and Jon Ossoff (D), both of whom won January runoff elections on the promise …
But who will pay? Two-thirds reject increase in their own taxes, most feel wealthy should be responsible June 18, …
The left is eager to go big on the next coronavirus relief proposal. By Sarah Ferris More than 50 House …
The Gerald Huff Fund for Humanity, a non-profit organization dedicated to furthering the understanding, acceptance, and implementation of Universal Basic …
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Fifty female celebrities, business leaders, and activists have signed an open letter to President Joe Biden asking for a …
“Given the current crisis and the need for the urgent decisions to address the devastating humanitarian crisis facing the …
If a Biden relief package isn’t open-ended, and tied to a full recovery, America is doomed to repeat last-minute …
By Sean McElwee & Dawn Milam Amid an economic crisis and devastating unemployment that has families across the country …
Republicans need to focus on policies popular with voters and with middle-class families, and we have to compensate both …
Rep. Ilhan Omar tweeted this week that she was “circulating a letter to Biden” pushing for recurring payments. By …
Biden earlier this month announced his intention to push for an expansion of the child tax credit as part of his …
The prefixes ‘food’, ‘child’ or ‘fuel’ make life for 14 million poor Britons seem easily fixable. In truth, radical …
A decline in funding and changes in the workplace — and how long people are out of work — …
Mayors for a Guaranteed Income, sometimes called “MGI,” was founded in June 2020 by founded by then-mayor of Stockton, …
Coloradans need real relief now. The more we can do to support struggling families and help boost our local …
An updated system of income and taxes would alleviate the worst crises the United States faces, including climate change. …
Dr. King taught us that direct cash payments are a smart response to poverty and mass unemployment. In this …
“Andrew’s commitment to a basic income is why I’m endorsing him, and why we’ve worked tirelessly to support Democrats across the …
While enrolled in a universal basic income program, Patricia Jackson had access to a reserve of $3,200 that she …
Universal Basic Income did not disincentivize people from working. The results of this study contradict one of the most …
Yang is a Democratic candidate for mayor of New York. King is a civil and human rights advocate. By: Andrew …
Andrew Yang favors a modified version of universal basic income that would provide payments of about $2,000 to a …
Prioritizing direct monthly payments isn’t just good policy—it’s good politics. By: Sean Kline and Jim Pugh “It’s not hyperbole, you can …
By: Scott Santens Everything seemed to change in 2020, and yet in very important ways, what really needed to didn’t, …
Tech entrepreneur Andrew Yang, a former presidential contender, officially declared his run for New York City mayor. In a …
The local organising committee for the 2021 Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN) Congress in Glasgow are very excited to …
By: Li Jin Summary: Right now, the creative economy relies on platforms like YouTube and Instagram and it looks a …
The ECI is asking for a universal basic income that is unconditional, individual, and of a quantity that is …
Imagine how much healthier societies can function if a check showed up in people’s mailboxes to save them from …
The idea of a UBI for all citizens is gaining traction because UBI gives us the freedom to say …
Post-Covid, we must build a new income distribution system that will provide society, and every individual, with much greater …
The pandemic has exposed the systemic failures of America’s inadequate welfare state. It’s time to start over. By: MIMI …
By: Tarek Fatah My column last week endorsing a guaranteed basic income triggered a surprising denunciation by many as …
By: Patrick Hurley. – I read with real interest Anna Coote’s article earlier this week, which questioned the arguments and assumptions …
Now, more than ever, we need a state that lifts people out of poverty and gives them the equality …
By Ock Hyun-ju ——- Gyeonggi Province Gov. Lee Jae-myung announces a basic income program designed to help residents and …
Reality Check By: Gisele Huff, Founder and President of Fund for Humanity I despair. Because of the extraordinary, devastating …
Imagine, for a moment, that the robots have won. The year is 2049—the same year researchers once pegged as …
California Assemblyman Evan Low (D) introduced a bill this week to create a universal basic income in the state, …
NEWARK, N.J. — Local leaders across the United States are turning to private donors to fund an out-of-the-box policy …
Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang promoted his signature campaign promise of a $1,000 “Freedom Dividend” for all Americans during Tuesday’s …
Tech CEOs like Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk are talking up the idea of a universal basic income. But …
I am the daughter of a single mother, a mother who raised me and my sister with the help …
The film directed by Álvaro Orús and promoted by Pressenza and Humanists for Basic Income, was premiered at the …
Andrew Yang has managed to stay in the Texas Hold’em tournament past the first bubble. Unlike other outsiders, he …
Presidential candidate Andrew Yang on Tuesday fired back at Sen. Bernie Sanders‘s (I-Vt.) after the senator criticized him for …
The opportunity to fail is a privilege afforded to a narrow subset of Americans. Risk and reward are 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 …
Proposing to give every American a basic income hurt George McGovern in 1972. Maybe it will work better for …
(An alternate version of this article was originally published in the Boston Globe) On December 2nd, 1942, a team …
Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang is putting his money where his mouth is: He’s giving families $1,000 a month …
Each month, 1,000 struggling Chicagoans would get $1,000, no strings attached, to help break the cycle of poverty, under …
