by Peter Knight | Jul 15, 2022 | News
Basic Income Conversation seeks to spark a Conversation about basic income right across the UK. Hundreds of people are helping us get closer to a basic income for all, one Conversation at a time. You might support basic income and want more people to hear about it. Maybe you’re not quite sure of the idea and want to talk it through. You might want to explore how a basic income would impact your area of work. Perhaps people you work with have asked you to explore the idea. However you’re coming to it, if basic income has piqued your interest it’s time to have the Basic Income Conversation. Click here to learn more!
by Peter Knight | Jul 8, 2022 | Events, News
On Tuesday, 02 August 2022, the FRIBIS Basic Income Workshop Series continues with a contribution of Philosopher & former FRIBIS visiting scholar Dr. Otto Lehto: „Permissionless Innovation, Freedom, and Basic Income“. He is going to present his input and subsequently have a discussion with the audience and Prof. Dr. Karl Widerquist.
Time: 4pm – 5pm (CEST). For full details, click here.
by Peter Knight | Jul 5, 2022 | Events, News
BIEN Members are invited to meet the Founders who established BIEN 34 years ago. PDF Invitation coming soon to this page with Zoom link and times at various locations.
by Peter Knight | Jun 15, 2022 | News
The Basic Income Conversation is an initiative, powered by Compass, to promote the idea of a universal basic income in the UK. The report can be accessed here.
This is the report summary:
“This report examines the distributive impacts of three UBI schemes which raise the income floor to different heights and are broadly designed to provide a potential pathway to attainment of the Minimum Income Standard, MIS. The first is a starter scheme to provide an entry payment; the second an intermediate scheme and the third a full MIS payment to which increases in less generous schemes can be aimed over time. We use microsimulation of data from the Family Resources Survey to outline the static distributive impacts and costs of the schemes.
Our key finding is that a modest, fiscally neutral, scheme has the capacity to cut child poverty to an historic low, below the low point achieved in the 1970s, thus achieve more than the anti-poverty interventions of the New Labour Governments from 2000. Even a modest scheme would significantly improve the living standards and life chances of millions of people and, despite the claims made by some critics of UBI, would be both feasible and affordable. This helps to answer the central practical criticism of introducing a basic income, that the payment levels are either too small to make much difference or too generous to be affordable.”
by Peter Knight | May 22, 2022 | Events, News
In a few short weeks, June 23-25, the biggest annual North American event for basic income will be taking place: the 20th Annual Basic Income Guarantee (BIG) Conference! Click for access to registration, the full program and more information. June 23 and 24 sessions will be live in Portland, Oregon and the June 25 (Saturday) sessions will be virtual.
Whether you’re someone working in the economic justice space who wants to deepen their understanding of basic income policy or a grassroots advocate who is just starting to learn about basic income, this is an amazing opportunity to get plugged into the community and benefit from the knowledge of the past year’s incredible strides for direct cash.
