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The Basic Income Canada Network (BICN) in partnership with the Basic Income Earth Network(BIEN) has issued a Call for Session Proposals for the 25th BIEN Congress, taking placeAugust 20–22, 2026 in Toronto, Canada. All presentations will be in person. The Congress...

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What Artemis II and the Return to the Moon Should Remind Us About Ending Poverty As I write this, four astronauts are hurtling toward the Moon aboard the Orion spacecraft, named Integrity by its crew. On April 1, 2026, NASA’s Artemis II launched from Kennedy...

Note: Interviewees include BIEN's Catarina Neves and Jurgen De Wispelaere "Ireland has a new permanent government scheme providing regular cash transfers to 2,000 artists. The people who can access it range from circus performers to opera singers. It follows a pilot...

Present day economics depends on a key premise: that labor markets self-correct after technological disruption. Steam displaced farmers. Electricity displaced the steam worker. The computer displaced the typist. Every time, new jobs emerged and flourished, and the...

The term "basic Income" in this article does not meet the BIEN definition "The first basic income program for workers who have lost pay, jobs, or opportunities to AI began sending out its first funds this week. The program is run by the nonprofits the AI Commons...

Julius Moorman recorded this interview with Scott Santens on March 17, 2026. To see the full interview on You Tube, click here.Here are the chapters via YouTube to get an idea of what we discussed and when:0:00 How Scott Got Into UBI3:22 Did AI and COVID Reignite the...

Photo by Alejandro Luengo on Unsplash The use of "Basic Income" in this article does not meet BIEN's definition "The Irish government will give 2,000 artists unrestricted weekly stipends, following a successful three-year basic income pilot program. Last week,...

Photo by Chris Boland on Unsplash This version of basic income does not meet the BIEN definition "The rural and fishing village basic income pilot project began on the 26th. Through this project, which is President Lee Jae Myung’s presidential election pledge, the...

Photo by Peter T. Knight "“I believe that millions of white-collar workers are going to lose their jobs in the next 12 to 18 months due to AI,” Yang said in an Instagram video that’s garnered over 600,000 views. “AI is now able to do the work of a very, very smart...