Thousands of auto workers for the three-largest U.S. carmakers walked off the job last week because their pay has only increased fractionally in the wake of the auto companies’ soaring profits.
By Lisa Stiffler Original article: https://www.geekwire.com/2021/guaranteed-income-program-backed-by-twitters-jack-dorsey-begins-in-tacoma-families-get-500-month/ The 110 Tacoma, Wash., families chosen to participate in a guaranteed income program received their first $500 check this month,
This $1000-a-month universal basic income program is designed to help foster youth survive California’s Santa Clara County will start giving cash to people transitioning out
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AI and tech developments are already pushing people into more precarious work, but UBI could cushion the transition
Investor Vinod Khosla said universal basic income might be necessary as artificial intelligence takes on more of the work humans do.
Today, Creatives Rebuild New York — in partnership with Win, Children’s Defense Fund-New York, and other advocates — announced the formation of the New York State Cash Alliance.
What happens when you give people $1,000 a month? They start thinking about launching a business.
The Pope expressed hope that economically powerful individuals would come out of isolation, “reject the false security of money, and embrace the sharing of goods,” which he described as having a universal destiny, stemming from Creation itself.
A Democrat challenging House Majority Leader Steve Scalise supports a universal basic income program to address Louisiana’s economic, education and health care issues.
The Texas Constitution expressly prohibits giving away public funds to benefit individuals — a common sense protection to prevent cronyism and ensure that public funds benefit all citizens
Denver Basic Income Project sent out the last payments it has funding for this week.
“It’s based on the mindset,” he said. “It’s not how little I’m getting, but what I do with what I have.”
Something Biden and Trump can agree on — a sovereign wealth fund isn’t a bad idea.
The Palm Springs City Council plans to update how the city hands out grants in an apparent response to the alleged misappropriation of hundreds of thousands of dollars through a guaranteed income pilot program funded by the city.
Guaranteed basic income programs, which provide regular cash payments with no strings attached, aim to ease poverty and strengthen families and communities.
Torri Hanna said the basic income program helped her navigate a tough period of her life.
What happens when you fund 10 artists a part time wage – a universal basic income – for an entire year, to help facilitate change within their community across an entire region?
During a news conference this morning at City Police headquarters about the takedown of an East Baltimore drug trafficking organization, Police Commissioner Richard Worley also defended an officer who placed a gun to a man’s head during an arrest in May.
Harris proposal would substantially increase the child tax credit for newborns
An Illinois guaranteed basic income program will give cash to 800 families involved in the child welfare system.
Virtually every major player in Oregon politics has come out against the proposal. That’s a big change — and no guarantee it can’t succeed.
Birmingham’s guaranteed basic income program gave 110 single mothers $375 a month.
Steph Wetherell talks to farmers about whether a universal wage is the answer to growing unease and uncertainty in the sector
South Fulton Mayor Khalid Kamau considers the program “a transformative step” for the city.
Pilot scheme in Amazon communities of central Peru aims to help people choose a more sustainable way of living
Interest in GBI surged in California after the success of the Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration (SEED), which provided 125 people with $500 each month for 24 months starting in February 2019.
In a speech on Friday in North Carolina, Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris will propose a raft of progressive economic proposals that echo and expand on President Biden’s agenda, campaign officials said.
With a poverty rate that is steadily increasing among young adults, a monthly stipend of $500 for 18- to 24-year-olds—many of whom are juggling multiple jobs and school—could make a world of difference.
Some parents say guaranteed basic income helped them afford childcare, allowing them to secure jobs and promotions at work.
A ballot measure to give Oregon residents a $1,600 tax rebate faces bipartisan opposition.
Basic income programs expands to assist foster youth.
The chair of the Children’s Code Reform Task Force suggested New Mexico follow the example of the Alaska Permanent Fund, which sends every Alaska resident a yearly check based on the state’s oil and gas incomes.
A new report details the impact of four direct payment, guaranteed-income programs for San Diegan County residents.
A temporary, pandemic-era expansion of the Child Tax Credit improved housing affordability for families with low incomes, according to University of Michigan research.
Some tech leaders are advocating for universal basic income to counteract AI-driven job automation.
![With a growing body of research that disabuses the notion that the guaranteed income encourages frivolous spending or laziness, West said she is more likely to be queried on how a guaranteed income program can be implemented. The money can provide a cushion for those who live on the finance edge and comes without the kind of regulations and limitations of more conventional public assistance like food stamps or housing vouchers, researchers say. What the guaranteed money buys in many cases was time, West said. “When you’re very low-income, that translates into time scarcity,” West said. “You’re spending all this time navigating these systems — child care, transportation. Guaranteed income unlocks some time for you.” Some used the time for job training that led to better work, researchers have found across the country, or to spend more time with children, leading to improved school performance. In Baltimore’s pilot, preliminary results showed participants’ labor force participation increased from 64% to 71%, though their unemployment rate remained more than twice that of average Baltimore residents. With many of the programs still fairly new, it remains to be seen how long their positive effects on recipients last, researchers said. Many of the pilot plans including Baltimore’s used federal pandemic relief funds that are expiring, leaving them without a readily available source of support. West said guaranteed income is “an imprecise tool” and can’t by itself fix the underlying causes of systemic poverty, such as the legacy of “racial redlining and neighborhood segregation” that Scott has pointed to in making his case for the program. “What is very clear is the history of redlining isn’t going to be solved by guaranteed income,” West said. Particularly in red states, there are those with “a potent ideological objection” to giving free money to the poor, said Matthew Reed, executive director of the Harkin Institute for Public Policy and Citizen Engagement in Iowa. This spring, the institute was about halfway through a two-year pilot program that gives $500 a month to 110 people in the Des Moines area when the Iowa Legislature banned the use of public funds in such programs. About half of the Iowa program’s $2.5 million costs come from public sources, including municipalities in its three-county area, so those funds are being spent first, saving private money for after the new law takes effect next year, Reed said. “It was certainly frustrating,” Reed said. Rather than waiting until the project’s conclusion to have “a more honest debate” about its merits, Reed said, legislators opted to say, “We don’t care what the results are. We don’t like it.” Legislators split largely on partisan lines. One Republican lawmaker called it “socialism on steroids,” while Democrats argued that local governments should be allowed to use their funds as they saw fit. Iowa State Sen. Scott Webster, a Republican, who shepherded the bill through his chamber, called guaranteed income “a terrible waste of taxpayer money.” He disputed research that supports the program’s benefits, saying it doesn’t adequately track how recipients spend the money on the debit card as well as other funds at their disposal. “Let’s say they use $500 [of program money] on groceries. What happened to the money they used to use for groceries. Where’d that go?” Webster said. Such sentiments reflect an unfair distrust and scrutiny of poor people, said Abigail Marquez, who oversaw the guaranteed income program in Los Angeles. The city’s pilot was the nation’s largest, a $38 million effort that served more than 3,000 residents. “Based on the results from the research, we learned that people were able to seek and obtain dignified work,” said Marquez, who manages the city’s Community Investment for Families Department. Another important outcome was the time freed up for recipients to spend with children and neighbors, and on their own health and well-being. “We saw that participants were able to leave a violent home environment because of the guaranteed income,” she said. The concept has found a friendly home in deeply blue California, which has multiple programs designed to help groups that include immigrants and those exiting foster care. Legislatures in other states have, like Iowa, blocked them, although two Democratic governors, in Arizona and Wisconsin, have vetoed the measures. The Texas Attorney General sued Harris County, which includes Houston, saying its guaranteed income program violated the state constitution’s ban against giving public money to an individual. The state’s Supreme Court has temporarily blocked the program, and county officials are considering adjustments to try getting around that. To turn guaranteed income pilots into more permanent parts of the social safety net will require funding, of course, but also political will, supporters said. “If it’s a public program, it needs political support,” Reed said. “To do it at a larger scale, it’s going to require public money and public buy-in.” The first mayor-led guaranteed income pilot similar to Baltimore’s launched in 2019 in Stockton, California. Other cities followed, and researchers have found across the board that recipients use the money in ways that make sense for their families, spending it on rent, utilities and food, said Suki Samra, who directed the Stockton program and now is executive director of the mayors’ group advocating for guaranteed income. Participants are consistently more likely to find long-term employment, she said, and to get some form of education when compared to a control group. “When you remove that constant drumbeat of anxiety, of worry, folks are able to take a step back, they’re able to dream,” Samra said. “They’re able to think about what their full potential is.” Although Baltimore stopped distributing benefits at the end of July, the study of its recipients continues. Researchers are expected to release next year a final study of the program, which will include data on recipients collected up to six months after the close of the program. Then what? Scott is among those who would like to see the concept implemented on a more comprehensive, national basis. When the city’s preliminary results were rolled out in June, Scott directly addressed federal lawmakers. “This should be a national thing,” he said in a news conference. “It can be and should be and it will be — I’m going to speak it into existence — part of the solution to end poverty for good in this country.” Samra said the mayors’ group believes an expansion of the child tax credit to include cash payments to parents would be a natural progression. “We’re seeing that as the most politically feasible tool,” she said. West said people have grown increasingly comfortable with the idea of a guaranteed income. Andrew Yang made it part of his run for the Democratic nomination for president in 2020. And during the coronavirus pandemic, the federal government sent stimulus money to more than 150 million households. “We all received a guaranteed income then,” she said. She envisions cities continuing to serve as “incubators of invention,” experimenting with how to build on guaranteed income pilots and work towards a goal that should be beyond politics. Baltimore, other cities try to answer: Can a handout ease the burden of poverty, and for how long?](https://basicincometoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/breanna-klemm-1nVBujxVJXU-unsplash-225x300.jpg)
Michelle Vines with her children Mason Vines, then 3 and Rylee Oliver, then 2, applied for Baltimore’s guaranteed income pilot program in 2022, which was spearheaded by Mayor Brandon Scott.
Many at the forefront of the technology transition are singing the same tune: as artificial intelligence and automation reshape our world, UBI will become not just desirable, but inevitable.
Paxton in June requested the state prohibit payments under the county’s pilot guaranteed income program. The Texas Supreme Court in June granted the state’s request, ultimately deeming Uplift Harris unconstitutional.
Providing a guaranteed minimum level of income frees people from vicious cycle of poverty, says Archbishop Thabo Makgoba.
New Orleans 12th grader Dejah Grimes was part of a pilot program, soon to be expanded, that gives students $50 per week with no strings attached.
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Giving cash to poor people could result in fewer emergency department visits, a new study suggests.
Research so far shows basic income can help lower-income families afford the basics.
A small lawsuit in San Francisco has shown us how another Trump administration and Project 2025 could strip local control from California governments
Giving people cash makes them less poor. It doesn’t fix everything.
In the “Digital Wallet” program, recipients can only spend the money in shops registered through the program. Spending on things like alcohol, cigarettes, and online purchases is prohibited
Direct cash payments improved recipients’ home lives.
Richer consumers may have escaped some of the worst effects of the inflation shock and Fed tightening, particularly as financial assets soar in value.
Former Liverpool star Sadio Mané financed his own UBI-style program.
A basic income allowed Hope Davis to get back on her feet and give back to her community.
Pomona is launching a basic income pilot for families with children under 4 years old.
Georgia’s basic income pilot helped low-income Black women afford bills and pay down debt.
The concept of a guaranteed income is gaining traction as a solution to the impact of AI and way to encourage more rewarding and socially valuable work
“If the technology goes fast, we’ll have to figure it out fast”
Program gave $1,200 a month to 55 low-income trans residents
Sonia Furstenau says Greens still debating details of party election platform, but basic income proposal likely to target three vulnerable groups.
Pilot scheme due to end in 2025; extension of the scheme raised in the Seanad.
Industry group says rise of vocal technology could upend many creative fields, including audiobooks – the canary in the coalmine for voice actors
Fund says governments should do more to protect their economies in face of massive potential labour disruptions
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Through a lottery, the Pomona Household Universal Grant Program (HUG) will choose 600 eligible residents and assign them to two groups — a paid group and a control group.
Restaurants are placing big, experimental bets on robots that stir-fry, flip burgers, mix drinks, cook ramen, bake pizza, deliver meals to diners and whisk away the dirty dishes.
The Union of BC Municipalities will bring the debate on UBI to its annual general meeting with the support of Victoria city councillors.
The guaranteed income pilot program is modeled off of similar programs in Canada, San Francisco and New York City.
A South African policy proposal is being hailed as the first national universal basic income plan.
A nonprofit has filed a lawsuit against the City of St. Louis over its Guaranteed Basic Income program, alleging the program is unconstitutional.
San Diego’s pilot was one of more than 30 such programs unfolding roughly in parallel across the nation.
Mothers and children benefit greatly from the stability provided by these initiatives — which are expanding across the Twin Cities region.
Corporations don’t want to pay their fair share. They pay so little compared to everyday Oregonians. We all have really thin margins and we manage to do it.
First-year study shows more stable housing, decreased use of emergency services among recipients
Giving a regular cash payment to the entire world population has the potential to increase global gross domestic product (GDP) by 130%, according to a new analysis published June 7 in the journal Cell Reports Sustainability.
As Americans struggle with rising costs, Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif. is making a pitch to help put more dollars in some of the lowest income Americans while cutting costs of federal healthcare spending.
UBI recipients gained enough flexibility to find better jobs, or complete higher education. And contrary to the thinly veiled racist claims that people given free money would become lazy and blow it on vices, the opposite proved true:
The program is now in its third cohort, according to a recent press release, and the city has set aside $500,000 of its 2025 budget to continue the program.
Universal Basic Guys was picked up by the network in late 2022. It will join other Fox comedies including the Jon Hamm-led Grimsburg, Dan Harmon’s Krapopolis, as well as the long-running titles The Simpsons, Family Guy and Bob’s Burgers.
Even modest UBI proposals could offer vital support to workers facing technological disruptions
The ruling ANC is on a pioneering path to transform the Covid grant into a scheme that aims to combat poverty
A guaranteed basic income program in Washington DC is allowing participants to choose the amount of their monthly checks.
Based on similar programs that other localities have done, Saines said, “I think this is the correct amount to allocate for right now. We have the funding to do so. And from conversations it seems like everybody’s in support of it.”
Interest in guaranteed basic income programs is gaining traction in some Washington cities. Tacoma started its second basic-income pilot in 2024, after a separate King County program. KUOW’s “Booming” looks into the lessons learned from such experiments.
Arts Sector gathers to discuss Status of the Artist in Ireland & results from first year of the Basic Income for the Arts pilot
A New Mexico guaranteed basic income program offered immigrant and undocumented households across the state $500 a month for a year.
Aimed at combating poverty, GBI faces political challenges and funding constraints.
The eastside Indianapolis groups chose 15 families to test a universal basic income program for a year and a half.
Conservatives are fighting guaranteed basic income programs across the country.
Jennette Fisher and her 11-year-old daughter Sophia moved into a new apartment in January. Fisher is still setting up the furniture, but her Chicago suburb is starting to feel like home.
there is no permanent or decent income stream that will enable people to eat, supply customers to shops and traders, and thus no suppliers for factories to sell to.
A man walking the length of Australia to campaign for basic income has has spent the night in freezing temperatures after falling from a cliff.
In recent years, economic inequality has increased along with housing costs, inflation and mass layoffs, all of which have significantly impacted the economic well-being of individuals worldwide.
The covid-19 pandemic prompted an unprecedented global response, with nations implementing various social protection measures to mitigate the socio-economic impacts of lockdowns and restrictions.
The financial aid will alleviate the pressure cooker of indignity and hopelessness that extreme poverty and exclusion create
Wright said the extra cash gave her room to save money and time to find a place more suitable for her family.
“The vast majority of people won’t be satisfied with just the $500 per week that Basic Income Australia is advocating for.”
“I was consulted by people in Downing Street and I advised them that universal basic income was a good idea,” he said.
South Africa can learn from Brazil
Nearly a fourth of the Iowa Legislature benefits from farm subsidies, some to the tune of millions of dollars
ASHEVILLE – The city and county reparations commission has voted unanimously for guaranteed income for some residents, handing that and other recommendations up to local elected officials.
A concept that aims to lift people out of poverty is growing at Ottawa’s Rideau Park United Church.
A class can be defined in terms of three dimensions – distinctive relations of production, distinctive relations of distribution and distinctive relations to the state.
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Ann Arbor is providing 24 monthly payments of $528 to low-income residents.
A collaborative study conducted by Stanford Basic Income Lab and the Centre for Guaranteed Income Research has compiled data from over 30 pilot universal basic income (UBI) programs across the United States, involving nearly 8,300 participants.
Floyd Marinescu launched UBI Works to reframe the debate about basic income — and his message is catching on
A monthly payment of $750 to $1,000 would allow thousands of the city’s homeless people to find informal housing
New York City is one of many areas across the country offering guaranteed basic income to low-income residents.
Towards a Georgist public finance regime for state level universal basic income.
The once-scoffed at idea of guaranteed income is receiving renewed interest as AI becomes an increasing threat to Americans’ jobs.
Gov. Kim Reynolds has signed into law a ban on local governments adopting guaranteed income programs.
Senate Bill 333 proposes providing 15,000 high school seniors experiencing homelessness with a monthly stipend of $1,000 for four months.
More than 200 San Francisco families that recently experienced homelessness will receive $1,000 monthly cash payments as part of a new guaranteed income program funded largely by Google.
The city has until the end of the year to allocate hundreds of millions of federal COVID relief money or risk losing it.
Americans deserve a new system that can introduce an era of socioeconomic mobility and opportunity for all.
Houston’s basic-income program faces shutdown after Texas’ attorney general labels it “unconstitutional.”
An innovative federal-provincial partnership would virtually eradicate poverty among working-age adults and their children, report shows.
The once-scoffed at idea of guaranteed income is receiving renewed interest as AI becomes an increasing threat to Americans’ jobs.
Basic income advocates say the concept is an effective way of reducing poverty.
Green deputy leader tells conference coming year is ‘pivotal’ and she is ‘absolutely committed’ to new public broadcasting funding model
Ontario Premier Doug Ford exchanges words with former NDP leader Andrea Horwath during Question Period at Queen’s Park in Toronto on July 31, 2018.
A badly designed system and what one MP called ‘shocking ineptitude’ at the DWP has created hardship
Paxton sued Harris County for implementing a guaranteed income program, called Uplift Harris, which would give $500 a month to nearly 2,000 low income households over an 18-month period.
A conservative group is suing San Francisco over a guaranteed basic income program for trans people.
Sen. Bill Dotzler, 75, called the last two legislative sessions the “worst attack” on low-income and working-class Iowans he has ever seen.
Conservatives have an opportunity to prepare the Canadian economy, labour market, and social policy framework for the radically different economic future that is rapidly approaching.
Minnesota could be one of the first states in the nation to pilot a basic income program, with lawmakers considering a $100 million proposal that would provide up to 10,000 people hundreds of dollars every month.
Interest in universal basic income has grown due to the pandemic, Elon Musk, Sam Altman, and economic pain.
Riko Niyomwungere is a North Seattle College student who participated in a recent guaranteed basic income pilot.
While India is a rich site of several Basic Income Pilots held by Research and Governmental agencies, there is a recent uptrend in the number of cash-based social policies in several states, especially with evidence that shows a marked increase in several indicators of a better life.
Sheffield GP Jack Czauderna explores a fascinating experiment from 100 years ago that turned how we think about health upside down – and that could sit alongside the NHS today.
Ingrid Sullivan, 48, was able to afford rent and groceries with San Antonio’s basic-income program.
Christopher Santiago recalls being skeptical the first time he heard about basic income — giving people cash with no conditions on how to spend it.
While the concept stretches back centuries, it has garnered significant attention in recent decades.
The Guaranteed Income Pilot Program Act of 2023 is one of the many plans that lawmakers have introduced to help improve the lives of many people in the United States.
Schemes to replace EU subsidies will not plug gap left by loss of EU subsidies for most farmers
Can a universal benefit address poverty, reduce inequality and promote public health?
Perhaps soon basic income will seem like a worthwhile “thing” in the world, like universal suffrage or the right to divorce.
National coalition advocates in favor of cash-based policies to create opportunity
On 13 March, the University of Cape Town (UCT) welcomed Nobel Laureate Professor Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee, an expert in development economics, for an open lecture on the potential transformative effects of universal basic income in the developing world.
The Government of Ontario is facing a class action lawsuit brought on by four Lindsay residents on behalf of 4,000 people who had participated in the Ontario Basic Income Pilot.
Should artists whose work was used to train generative AI like ChatGPT be compensated for their contributions?
Nearly half of parents with a child older than 18 provide them with at least some financial support, according to a recent report.
For parents, however, supporting grown children can be a substantial drain at a time when their own retirement security is at risk.
The programs tracked participants spending on debit cards and found most spent it on basic needs like food, rent and gas.
San Antonio gave low-income residents $5,108 each in a guaranteed basic income pilot. They used the money to pay for housing and other necessities.
The Portland City Council’s Housing and Economic Development Committee recently released a draft of their 2024 Work Plan, which includes exploring the implementation of a universal basic income (UBI) and a possible increase of the city’s minimum wage to $20 per hour.
When OpenResearch begins sharing the results of its research, it plans to cover study recipients’ time use, mental and physical health, decision-making, crime, politics and social attitudes, and effects on children.
Buntley has made ends meet thanks to the $500 he receives every month from the city of Rochester with no strings attached, and no requirement to pay it back.
House File 2666 would provide the $500 per month for 18 to 24 months to eligible recipients statewide.
What would you do if you suddenly had an extra $400 every month?Dante used it to set up a bank account and get a credit card. His credit score is now a solid 712.
Five years ago this February, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) underwent an overhaul of its appellate process when it implemented the Appeals Modernization Act.
The bill would specifically ban a pilot program called UpLift that provides a guaranteed income of $500 a month to 110 people in central Iowa.
The pilot program would offer monthly payments of $1,400 for three years
In an ambitious move to combat young adult poverty, Democratic Representatives Morgan McGarvey and Bonnie Watson Coleman have introduced legislation aiming to grant every member of Generation Z in the U.S. a $500 monthly payment.
By providing a guaranteed minimum income to all young people under the age of 30 who are out of work or further education, the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration in this city hopes to encourage more people to enter the workforce. But will they bother to work then?
In five states, Republican politicians are trying to ban programs that provide low-income people with monthly payments of $500 to $1,000 for a year or two, with no strings attached.
Harris County’s guaranteed basic income program received more than 82,000 applications from residents before the online portal closed earlier this month
The Fresno Economic Opportunities Commission announced that a guaranteed income pilot would finally come to Fresno County after the area missed out on funding from the state last year.
Results from Arlington’s first guaranteed income pilot reveal that an additional $500 per month significantly enhanced the quality of life for impoverished families.
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President Cyril Ramaphosa is looking to try make the shift to a Basic Income Grant a reality following renewed calls in this year’s ANC’s January 8th statement – but questions have arisen as to how the country is going to fund it.
L.A. County’s Breathe program gives participants $1,000 monthly for three years, more money over a longer period than similar programs.
Two hundred low-income households in Minneapolis are receiving $500 a month for two years.
In 2022, the D.C. government announced a pilot program that offered 132 new and expecting low-income mothers $10,800 over the course of a year — no strings attached — intended to assess how unconditional cash payments could improve their families’ outcomes and economic mobility.
For Alaskans, the concept behind universal basic income has been alive and well for the last 40 years.
Washington Democrats want to give 7,500 low-income state residents recurring cash payments for two years, no strings attached.
People who experience stressful life events or circumstances are more likely to have worse biological health, as indicated by biomarkers involved in the interaction between our immune, nervous and endocrine systems, according to a new study by UCL researchers.
Too many experiments in paying struggling households a set stipend are too short. It’s time to move on to tests that last five to 10 years to really prove the concept works.
For one year, low-income families in Austin, Texas, received $1,000 a month to do whatever they wanted; they spent it on rent and “substantially” improved their situations.
A wave of experimentation in the way that U.S. cities, counties, and states support households with low incomes is sweeping the country, and Minneapolis is at the leading edge.
South Africa needs to revisit and rethink the use and role of its social security system, not as a poverty alleviation tool, but as a demand-side economic stimulus to meet short-term economic growth.
BMW’s newest autoworker is 5’6,” 130 pounds, walks on two legs, uses five-fingered hands to assemble machines — and takes a break every five hours to stroll to a charging station and plug itself in.
Basic Income Project’s new funding includes $2 million expected from city; program helps more than 800
The 40-year trickle-down delusion, fashioned by right-wing economists, politicians, and financial experts, has deprived average Americans of the means to support their families in a comfortable, debt-free manner. It was planned. It’s insidious. It’s ongoing. And it should outrage every last one of us.
Hospitality workers told the Associated Press in interviews over eight months of bargaining that they were willing to take a cut in pay while on strike to win stronger job protection against inevitable advancements in technology.
Kristalina Georgieva said now is the time to act to create a set of policies ensuring the impact of AI is beneficial not detrimental to humanity.
Bettencourt asked the Texas attorney general to weigh in on whether the plan to give $500 monthly stipends violates the Texas Constitution.
These L.A. residents got $1,000 a month. What happened after the cash stopped?
Calling taxpayer-funded basic income programs “insane,” “socialism on steroids” and “an attack on American values,” a pair of Republican state lawmakers on Thursday advanced legislation that would prohibit such programs in Iowa.
Aurora aims to deploy a dozen or so self-driving trucks this year, with an eye toward having thousands on the road in 2027.
The proposed tax package includes several changes concerning business deductions, international trade, housing, and families.
“This inequality is no accident; the billionaire class is ensuring corporations deliver more wealth to them at the expense of everyone else,” said Oxfam’s interim executive director.
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
Technology should have reduced our work hours. Why hasn’t it?
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.
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.
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.
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
Goldbug is funding a guaranteed income pilot for pregnant women—the first privately financed program like it in the country.
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.
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The program providing provided guaranteed, no-strings-attached monthly incomes
“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.
“Uplift Harris” aims to give financial relief to low-income families in the county, with parties receiving $500 a month for 18 months.
If 100 homeless people were given $750 per month for a year, no questions asked, what would they spend it on?
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.
Among the findings are that depression and anxiety experienced in the previous 4 weeks to the scheme decreased by almost 10%.
Independence would allow us to ensure a real living wage for all and introduce a Universal Basic Income.
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.
Some people’s lives are harder now than they were three years ago because the government is doing less.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
Vast majority of US workers admit artificial intelligence tools could replace them, according to a recent survey
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.
One of the big questions GiveDirectly is trying to answer is how to direct cash to low-income households.
TACOMA, Wash. – Tacoma’s guaranteed income program ‘GRIT’ could be on track to help another round of participants over the next two years.
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.
“AI is hard to compete with if you go head to head,” he added. “You have to find something it cannot do.”
“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.
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.
There were 10,849 eviction filings in Denver County this year, the highest number since the 2008 financial crisis.
PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY, Md. (DC News Now) — Prince George’s County is launching Thrive Prince George’s, a program that seeks to provide economic stability and mobility for families in the County.
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu says she backs the concept of universal basic income. What she doesn’t want is another limited pilot like the ones that have spread across the country.
We’ve been fighting poverty all wrong
For Briana Jones, a young Black mother in San Francisco, a city program called the Abundant Birth Project has been a godsend.
Report out Wednesday says how much program would cost and how to pay for it
Sequaya Coleman, with her daughter, was randomly selected to receive $1,000 a month, no strings attached, for a year from the Magnolia Mother’s Trust.
While it is still considered by many to be a radical concept, proponents of a universal basic income (UBI) no longer see it only as a solution to poverty but as the answer to some of the biggest threats faced by modern workers
As climate change has made annual rains ever more intense, the deforested areas have become increasingly prone to deadly mudslides.
The policy planks come two weeks before Liberal members vote for the new leader
Gearóid O’Dea explains how the BIA pilot scheme has enabled him to worry less and concentrate more on developing his painting career
The Denver Basic Income Project has received a $2 million commitment from the City of Denver in its 2024 budget, and is in talks to determine next steps, according to Donovan.
The Newfoundland and Labrador government is launching a basic income program for residents aged 60 to 64, part of a poverty reduction plan announced Wednesday that some advocates say could make a real difference.
There was no questioning the impact, she told Insider: The money “helped me keep my life afloat.”
More than a quarter of Santa Clara County families struggle to afford their basic needs. To lift thousands of them out of poverty, a new study recommends guaranteed monthly payments — with no strings attached.
As the Senate considers a bill that would require the creation of a national framework for basic income, supporters in Ontario say the stories of pilot participants make it clear basic income works.
Durham’s mayor pro tempore, Mark-Anthony Middleton, who helped oversee the program, had been advocating for his city to introduce a basic income for years.
Recent experiences like the COVID-19 pandemic have brutally highlighted that traditional policy tools are inadequate in protecting the weakest sections of India.
Jasmine, 18, has had a long history with social services and says she’s spent her life moving around
LOS ANGELES (KABC) — L.A. County’s guaranteed income program, Breathe, is giving 1,000 residents $1,000 a month for three years.
I believe local currencies, like the system in Marica, can be a powerful business development model for towns and villages in the UK, especially those losing out to online sales or nearby large cities.
Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip Jane Hutt has praised the progress and uptake of the basic income pilot scheme after meeting care leavers taking part in the programme.
I’ve been following debates on guaranteed income for almost a decade, and one thing that’s stood out is that universal basic income (UBI), a regular cash payment to all citizens with no strings attached, is like a Rorschach test.
The Nobel prize winner and author of new book Economics in America argues economists must get back to serving society
One million children were living in extreme poverty in 2022, according to estimates by a research charity
If CEOs had their way, their workers would be back in the office and pursuing AI advancements at the same time.
Last year the Good Party identified the implementation of a BIG as SA’s single most important need.
If Brazil’s scheme became permanent it would set a global example, as ‘bolsa familia’ did in the 2000s
Minister of Social Development Lindiwe Zulu says she will approach Cabinet to approve the draft policy on the Basic Income Grant before it is fully implemented.
The Denver Basic Income Project gives cash payments each month to 800 individuals experiencing homelessness, no strings attached.
The Senate is studying a bill that would introduce a framework for a policy that would guarantee access to a livable income to everyone over 17.
The founder of Twitter gave $1 million to the new guaranteed basic income program to help expand its reach in his hometown of St. Louis.
A new documentary featuring a guaranteed basic income experiment in Cambridge shows the good that comes from giving low-income families a little extra help each month.
An NIT sounds very different from a UBI because, well, it sounds like a tax, not a benefit! But as we’ll see, in most circumstances, the two are mathematically equivalent.
Six months ago, the Denver Basic Income Project (DBIP) started giving cash regularly to people experiencing homelessness, no strings attached.
In an experimental program, 5,000 Chicagoans received monthly cash payments from the city for a year, no strings attached. Here’s how the money changed one woman’s life — and how it didn’t.
Income from the Cambridge RISE pilot program helped free up Porchia Willis to take classes at the Massachusetts School of Barbering
Interest is growing, particularly among Western commentators, in arguments that governments should distribute a universal basic income (UBI) to citizens.
The expanded child tax credit was a well-tested solution to child poverty. Bring it back.
A teenager who was given £1,600 a month as part of a government pilot scheme said it helped her rent a flat.
Advocates for the Denver Basic Income Project rallied at the Colorado Capitol on Friday to urge local leaders to support additional funding for the program
The Scottish Child Payment has seen the biggest reduction in inequality caused by a single policy change since the collapse of the Berlin Wall, an Oxford professor has said.
It was useless to make minor changes to the old system. A new system was needed. The evidence was clear.
One fear about Universal Basic Income (UBI) is that it could cause rents to increase, partially or entirely diverting the benefit of UBI to landlords.
The Basic Income Grant (BIG) Coalition of Namibia will be hosting a #NoOneLeftOut Concert in Windhoek on Saturday to celebrate the 16th anniversary of International Basic Income Grant week.
What if, instead of traditional housing vouchers laden with convoluted red tape that landlords notoriously hate, low-income tenants could pay their rent with cash?
Denver Basic Income project leader Mark Donovan sees plenty of proof that his idea of giving out cash works to improve the lives of the homeless.
Simply transferring money to people living in poverty works.
The program is now three quarters of the way done and officials say its yielding a 324% return on investment.
LA’s universal basic income (UBI) pilot program, “BIG: LEAP,” gave participants $1,000 per month for a year.
Program doesn’t just support individuals but has ‘ripple effects for communities,’ Coun. Jen Vasic says
There is already evidence that the generous £400 per week package is being used by these young people to go on courses, or to put down a deposit on a flat.
Many governments—especially those of low and middle-income countries with particularly burdensome debt obligations—have cut social spending and reverted to austerity frameworks.
With a renewed interest in universal basic income (UBI), maybe it is time to reconsider its gendered capabilities
Kalpana is one of the 3,500 economically poor and vulnerable women who received cash as a temporary basic income.
In the United States, the richest 10 percent of households own more than 70 percent of the country’s assets.
‘The rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer,’ said Cambridge regional councilor
In an interview with CNBC, Reich discussed how AI will have a profound impact on middle-class workers, creating an impetus for a universal basic income.
Cash transfer programs are forging a path for guaranteed income.
Researchers find homeless people more likely to spend lump sum on housing and food and not ‘temptation goods’ such as alcohol
Oprah Winfrey and Dwayne Johnson have committed $10 million to make direct payments to people on Maui who are unable to return to their homes
Fairfax County will be piloting a guaranteed income program for residents in select ZIP codes, offering $750 per month to 180 families for 15 months starting in 2024.
Nearly 12 million Americans in occupations with shrinking demand may need to switch jobs by 2030.
A surge of federal funding from the American Rescue Plan has helped cities develop pilot guaranteed income programs. Will they last?
California officials representing some of the wealthiest cities in the world traveled to one of the poorest villages in Africa this week to study universal basic income
This is one of four guaranteed basic income initiatives being tested by Santa Clara County, most of which are in the planning phase.
Four years ago, we interviewed Hugh Segal for a book on basic income. He was being treated for the disease that ended his life last week.
Nobel Prize winner Paul Krugman said AI will wipe out some white-collar jobs — and it will be hard to design government programs to help.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, takes on a basic income to address racial disparities and improve birth outcomes
Georgia pilot gives 650 predominantly Black women $850 a month for two years, no strings attached – and it seems to be working
The MU’s motion backing UBI was presented at TUC Young Workers Conference. We assess the concept, history, and feasibility of UBI.
Researcher Will Schneider discusses the optimism for and potential limitations of cash transfers as a way to decrease child maltreatment.
This proposal for a European basic income is innovative and opens up opportunities for the majority of the population.
A nonprofit in Washington, D.C., has launched a guaranteed income pilot program supporting Black mothers with current or recent child welfare involvement.
Data suggests there’s been a “pretty significant uptick” in the number of employers looking for workers with AI-related skills.
Research shows that guaranteeing employment or a basic income helps reduce violence and prevent people from entering the criminal system.
The theory that many people feel the work they do is pointless because their jobs are “bullshit” has been confirmed by a new study.
With Hollywood’s actors and writers striking over concerns about AI, what was once a movie premise now has come to define the film industry.
As productivity rises with automation, a UBI tied to GDP per capita could help distribute the dividends equitably.
Our author looks at the growing number of basic income trials and pilots around the world, and the evidence gained from them.
A report from the Denver Income Project found giving people experiencing homelessness free money is a meaningful way to improve their lives.
The NHS is loved because it is there for all of us. Could basic income play the same role for our generation?
Health Europa looks at how a basic income scheme could revolutionize NHS funding, potentially saving billions of pounds.
Is a Universal Basic Income merely a utopian concept, or can it be a viable solution that can effectively work in Australia? Experts weigh in.
Companies like OpenAI and Google could make unthinkable profits from successful AI. Will they share the wealth?
Over a quarter of jobs in the OECD rely on skills that could be easily automated, and workers fear they could lose their jobs to AI
Everald Compton advocates that every adult in Australia be given $500 a week, regardless of their job status or wealth.
Worldcoin, a cryptocurrency project founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, launched on Monday providing new digital passport.
New research has found that a Basic Income scheme could potentially save the National Health Service (NHS) tens of billions of pounds.
Pennsylvania lawmakers said they plan to introduce legislation directing an agency to study the efficacy of a universal basic income program.
Guaranteed income programs have been launched in more than a dozen cities across the U.S. Is this the start of true Universal Basic Income?
