BIEN’s first decade gave a scattered idea a name, a mailing list, a newsletter, a rhythm of congresses, and eventually a public address.
How ‘lonely fighters’ built basic income’s first home
read more
Bill Jordan — A Tribute
BIEN founding conference, Louvain-la-Neuve, 6 September 1986From left to right: Bill Jordan, Claus Offe, Annie Miller,...
نبذة موجزة عن الدخل الأساسي
الأصل: الفكرة, التجمع, الجائزة. في خريف 1983, قرر كل من بول ماري بولانجر وفيليب ديفيت وفيليب فان باريج, ثلاثة باحثين...
A short history of BIEN
The origins: an idea, a collective, a prize. In the Autumn of 1983, Paul-Marie Boulanger, Philippe Defeyt and Philippe...
Obituary: Lieselotte Wohlgenannt
Lieselotte Wohlgenannt died in Bregenz (Austria) on the 29th of May 2020. Born in 1931, Lieselotte was one of Europe’s...
Housing prices are an obstacle to universal income
There is a fear that a disproportionate part of Universal Basic Income would be paid to housing. Under current circumstances, a large portion of the income is paid to rent. A person UK in 2019, if receiving benefits only, in many cases is paying over fifty percent of their income for housing. If UBI was to come into effect, it is possible the same problem would occur.
United Kingdom: Lib Dem candidates back basic income pilots
Jane Dodds and Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson. Picture credit to: The Week Over fifty candidates for the UK’s...
KEEPING THE GLOBAL RECESSION IN PERSPECTIVE (from 2009)
This essay was originally published in the USBIG NewsFlash in May 2009. The global recession has been spreading...
Jay Hammond, “Diapering the Devil: How Alaska Helped Staunch Befouling by Mismanaged Oil Wealth”
Jay Hammond Jay Sterner Hammond (July 21, 1922 – August 2, 2005) was an American politician of the Republican Party...
The bitter Italian situation: no basic income and false protection for the poor
By: Sandro Gobetti Basic income began to be debated in Italy from a diverse range of viewpoints about 4-5 years ago,...
UBI needs peers to control services of general interest (part one)
Basic income needs to be accompanied by changes in general interest services.
What Is Poverty, Exactly?
Basic Income, it is argued, provides an effective and efficient means of conquering poverty. What, exactly, is the problem that we are trying to solve?
OBITUARY: Sir Tony Atkinson, economist and “gentleman scholar”
Sir Anthony (“Tony”) Atkinson, a distinguished economist best known for his work on inequality, passed away on January 1, 2017, aged 72.
BIEN Stories: Jan Otto Andersson
Jan Otto Andersson (Åbo Akademi University) Several texts were momentous at the start of my BI journey, even though...
Obituary: Philip Vince
19 February 1933 – 4 February 2015 Philip Vince was a faithful member of the Liberal/Liberal Democrat Party for...
OPINION: Notes of Discussions in the North American Basic Income Guarantee Congress of 2015
(This article originally appeared on Medium) Between the 26th of February and the 1st of March, 2015, and only with...
About BIEN
Overview Executive Committee Annual Reports & Treasury Reports BIEN charity registration General Assembly A Short...
INTERVIEW: Nick Barlow, founder of the ‘Liberal Democrats for Basic Income’ group
This is an interview with Nick Barlow, founder of the 'Liberal Democrats for Basic Income' group, you can read an...
Nick Barlow, “Liberal Democrats for Basic Income, anyone?”
[Josh Martin] Barlow discusses the reasons why the Liberal Democrats in the UK should include the Citizen’s Income,...
A Tribute to Yoland Bresson (1942-2014)
Yoland Bresson, one of the prominent advocate for basic income in France passed away during the summer.