A Basic Income is a periodic cash payment unconditionally delivered to all on an individual basis, without means-test or work requirement.
BIEN Congress 2021
BIEN’s 2021 annual congress will take place from the 18th to the 21st August 2021. This will be a virtual congress, organised from Glasgow. For details of the congress and how to attend click here.
Recent news, opinion, and research
Alaska Permanent Fund Defenders campaign to save and improve it
The Alaska Permenent Fund (APF), which started in 1982 to give all Alaskans a share of its oil revenue, is as close to a basic income by BIEN's definition as has been achieved world-wide. It is paid to each individual regardless of age, without means tests or other...
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...
PhD Fellowship on Basic Income for Nature and Climate at the University of Freiburg, Germany for applicants from Indonesia
From the website: The PhD project is part of the larger Basic Income research project that studies how basic income is potentially linked with nature protection and tackling climate change, and how these possible linkages can be addressed in an embedded...
A luta continua: A Memorable Day for Eduardo and BIEN
The ancient Greeks had three Gods of Time, and on the auspicious occasion of the 80th birthday of one of our most loyal and outstanding BIEN members, it is a delight to be able to congratulate Eduardo Suplicy, and to say that he defies one of those Gods, Chronos,...
The 2021 NABIG congress
The 19th North American Basic Income Guarantee Congress was held from the 17th to the 19th June 2021. Videos are now available of all 35 sessions and over 100 presenters. Congress website Videos of congress sessions
BIRAL Seminar: International Perspectives in Basic Income Messaging
Please join us for the second BIRAL seminar: “International Perspectives in Basic Income Messaging,” hosted by the Jain Family Institute (JFI) on the 14th of June, 2021 at 12PM EST - New York, 1PM São Paulo, 5PM London, 6PM Berlin. A recording of this seminar is now...
Basic Income trial confirmed in Wales
Mark Drakeford, Wales’ new First Minister, announced soon after the Senedd elections in May that the government will launch a basic income trial in the country. As Basic Income News mentioned over a month ago, the support for trialing basic income in the country has...
Los Angeles is the latest city in the US to announce the launch of a guaranteed income program
A new guaranteed income program has just been announced in the US, this time in the country’s second largest city, Los Angeles. In his proposed budget for the fiscal year 2021-2022, L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti included a $24-million guaranteed basic income project that...
King’s College Workshop explored “The Ethics of Basic Income in a Changing Economy”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIjLNqbdzlg On 23 April 2021, Diana Popescu, Otto Lehto, and Emil Panzaru from Department of Political Economy, King's College London - organized a full-day online academic workshop called "The Ethics of UBI in a Changing Economy" that...