Wenger, a prominent venture capitalist, writes on Hilary Clinton’s recent speech on the economy. Her acknowledgment of the expanding on-demand gig economy is something that will shape the future of work, and Wenger believes this future must include a universal basic...
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[Josh Martin] Wenger writes this post in response to a piece written by Marc Andreessen in which Andreessen discusses the impact of technology on the workforce in the future. Wenger agrees with Andreessen’s writings, but posits a basic income as a great way to...
[Craig Axford] The author of this blog suggests the City of Detroit should select around 1,000 individuals living within the same area, offer them $400 a month without any strings attached, improve basic services such as internet access, and then see what happens to...
A new documentary on basic income — Free Lunch Society by Austrian director Christian Tod — premiered in Copenhagen’s Bremen Theatre on March 20, 2017, to a crowd numbering in the hundreds.
Universal basic income was discussed at Europe’s largest annual startup conference, Slush, held in Helsinki from November 30 to December 1. The panel “Basic Income – Our next moonshot” featured UBI proponents Albert Wenger, Matt Krisiloff, and Roope Mokka.
The Future of Work congress was held in Zurich on May 4, 2016 to discuss ways to adjust society in the face of rapid technological change -- including, especially, basic income. Britain's RSA (Royal Society of Arts) has now uploaded a complete video of the conference....
Our institutions of education must prepare people to live fulfilling and productive lives outside of paid employment.
On Sunday, June 5, the Swiss people voted down the following referendum: The initiative proposes to insert the following article in the federal constitution: 1. The government will provide a basic income. 2. The basic income will allow the people to live in a...
On June 5th, the people of Switzerland will go to the polls to vote on a referendum to enact a basic income -- marking the first time that a basic income has been submitted to the popular vote. Although the basic income initiative received little support in...
Tom Ashbrook’s radio show On Point at WBUR Radio in Boston held an hour-long discussion on basic income on January 14, 2016. Ashbrook invited four guests onto his show to discuss some of the key topics for discussion in the basic income debate, including technological...
Ferro discusses Hilary Clinton’s recent speech on the economy and notes that two venture capitalists from Union Square Ventures’ agreed with Clinton’s claim that society needs to have a discussion about on-demand economic forces like the emergence of Uber. One of the...
Basic Income advocates around the world celebrated Basic Income Day yesterday, May 1st. The day was marked by an online social media 'Thunderclap' to spread the idea to as many people online as possible via platforms including Facebook and Twitter. As this campaign...