A Basic Income is a periodic cash payment unconditionally delivered to all on an individual basis, without means-test or work requirement.
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Oxford Union votes against introducing UBI
On 29th April 2021 the prestigious Oxford Union Society hosted a panel of students, activists, politicians and scholars to debate the motion ‘This House Would Introduce a Universal Basic Income’. The debate began with the majority (68%) voting in favour of introducing...
South Korea: The report on Youth Basic Income in Gyeonggi Province
Gyeonggi Province, Republic of Korea, has been implementing the Youth Basic Income (YBI) programme since April 1, 2019. The English edition of the report on the project was published in July and can be accessed here. The following is a short introduction by Ikjin Yu,...
Four Chinese students have been working with BIEN for three months
From the 24th May to the 24th August 2021 four Chinese students undertook internships with BIEN. They attended a five day introductory course about Basic Income and the global Basic Income debate, translated pages and posts on the BIEN website into Chinese, summarised...
Taiwan holds first online basic income summit
After over a year of avoiding significant local COVID outbreaks, Taiwan experienced a scare in May with hundreds of cases emerging. This brought the idea of universal cash payments to the forefront of Taiwan’s political debate as millions of jobs were destabilized...
A comprehensive history of Basic Income
A comprehensive history of Basic Income is to be published this month. The publisher says this about the book: Presenting a truly comprehensive history of Basic Income, Malcolm Torry explores the evolution of the concept of a regular unconditional income for...
The Essential Reason I Support UBI
AUTHOR'S NOTE: This article is a draft of the first chapter of the book I'm working on: Universal Basic Income: Essential Knowledge. It can also be thought of as a reply to Bitch Bastardly's guest article from last week. Comments welcome: Karl@widerquist.com....
Alaska Permanent Fund Defenders campaign to save the Dividend
The Alaska Permanent Fund was started in 1982 to make sure Alaskans directly benefit from its resources in the wake of its oil boom in the 1970s. Part of the proceeds from investments of the principle, which is held in trust for the state and invested by an...
Summaries in English of some documents in Chinese
During the Summer of 2021 four Chinese students volunteered with BIEN, and one of the tasks that they fulfilled was to write summaries in English of a number of relevant documents in Chinese. Name of original document in ChineseSummaries天上掉馅饼的全民基本收入设想劳拉泰森Summary...
3rd Gyeonggi Basic Income Conference featured researchers from BIEN
With the theme, 'From the COVID-19 Disaster to New Great Transition, Basic Income!' the 3rd annual Basic Income International Conference was held in Gyeonggi Provence, South Korea, 28-29 April 2021. Hosted by the Gyeonggi Provincial Government, and organised by...