A Basic Income is a periodic cash payment unconditionally delivered to all on an individual basis, without means-test or work requirement.

I originally did this as a thread on Twitter a year ago, and since then I've found myself continually wanting to point to it as an article instead of a thread, so I finally did that. I'm much happier with this thanks to the links I was able to include, and to have...

"A minimum income guarantee could be piloted in Scotland following next year's Holyrood elections. The policy would establish an income level below which nobody is allowed to fall, via reform to social security, work and services. A new report for the Scottish...

In brief California gubernatorial candidate Zoltan Istvan warns that AI and humanoid robots could eliminate 50% of jobs, calling it a looming "job apocalypse." To address the threat, Istvan proposes a universal basic income and providing every household with a...

"A major US city has allocated $3 million to a guaranteed income pilot program in the budget for the 2026 financial year. The program aims to provide direct cash grants to expecting mothers and foster youth facing housing insecurity. This initiative is part of a...

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Jessica Chew, Co-Director at Basic Income Australia and Fellow at the Australian Basic Income Lab, makes a compelling case for why Universal Basic Income must sit at the heart of Australia’s wellbeing economy. In this timely article for The Mandarin, she critiques...

Note: This project does Not conform to BIEN's definition of Basic Income. How are we already halfway through 2025? Summer is flying by. At the Denver Basic Income Project, we’ve been traveling all over the country this season to represent guaranteed income at several...

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(photo taken at the BIEN Congress 2023 in Seoul, South Korea)  Something historical is happening in South Korea now. For Koreans of course, but equally importantly, for the global basic income movement. Lee Jae Myung who was voted to power as the President of South...

"Adrienne Adams, the New York City Council speaker who is running for mayor, proposed on Monday a guaranteed basic income program that would be the largest of its kind in the United States. It would aim to help more than 21,000 homeless children and young adults. The...

"The Minimum Basic Income has reached more than one million households (1,010,565) since its launch in June 2020, at the height of the COVID pandemic. The number of protected beneficiaries since then has now since exceeded 3 million people (3,008,318), of whom 1.3...

"Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle announced the formation of a committee to guide the next phase of guaranteed income after saying the county’s pilot program was successful. Preckwinkle said Tuesday that she remains as committed to guaranteed income as she...