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Invitation: Will UBI (Really) Change the World?
You are kindly invited to a symposium that will showcase the latest findings from Basic Income's newest pilots in India and Brazil. BIEN's Sarath, Julio and Diana will present their latest work as well as policy considerations for international development...
Guaranteed Income takes center stage at Tribeca Film Festival!
Directed by Marc Levin and executive produced by Mayors for a Guaranteed Income Founder Michael Tubbs, “It's Basic” will premiere at the prestigious Tribeca Film Festival in New York this June. The documentary explores the power of cash, the importance of dignity, and...
The Guardian reviews “Free Money” film on Give Directly Kenya pilot
Image credit: https://www.givedirectly.org/ubi-study/ On 19 April 2023 The Guardian published a review by Peter Bradshaw of the 2022 film, "Free Money". The documentary follows an experiment funded by the charity GiveDirectly in which residents of the Kenyan village...
UBI4ALL Announces April 23 UBI Raffle
UBI4ALL announces the date of its next raffle! Mark your calendars for 23 April 2023. UBI4ALL will be livestreaming the raffle of one year Unconditional Basic Income (UBI) on that day from 7pm CEST. Join us and, with a little luck, win 800 euros a month – and...
Taiwan Hosts National Debate Tournament on Basic Income
TAIPEI, Taiwan - On March 11 and 12, UBI Taiwan hosted a national bilingual high school debate tournament at National Chengchi University (NCCU). Over 100 students from local and international schools across Taiwan participated in the event, which featured both...
Mandatory Participation on Trial
I've started a new 17-part series, called Mandatory Participation on Trial, on my blog. Part 1 just came out April 13. Sixteen more will come out once per week for the next 16 weeks. It counterattacks critics of UBI by grouping all systems without any form of...
FRIBIS – The State Of The Art In Basic Income Policy: A Public Lecture Series
Jurgen De Wispelaere is visiting professor in Freiburg and he hosts an online public lecture series from April 24 through May 10 which can be of interest for many people in the basic income sphere. For details click here. On April 27 he will also present a hybrid...
Will UBI Become Mainstream? – Al Jazeera Video
"Interest in universal basic income (UBI) programmes around the world is continuing to rise, with governments and private donor groups examining the social and economic effects of unconditional cash payments to citizens. Ireland recently joined the ranks of countries...
An Early Look at the Labor Market Impact
Potential of Large Language Models
Abstract of a recent paper: "We investigate the potential implications of large language models (LLMs), such as Generative Pretrained Transformers (GPTs), on the U.S. labor market, focusing on the increased capabilities arising from LLM-powered software compared to...
Webinar with Guy Standing April 13 – THE BLUE COMMONS: COMBATING RENTIER CAPITALISM IN THE SEA
Who owns the sea? For centuries, this would have been a strange question. But in the past half century, the sea has been subject to the greatest capitalist enclosure in history. Although the sea covers 71% of the world’s surface and hosts two-thirds of all...
BIEN Congresses
The 24th BIEN CONGRESS in Maricá & Niterói – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – 27-29 August 2025
Linkedin, Instagram, X – biencongress25 (at) gmail [dot] com
BIEN2024 was August 29–31 (Pictures and more coming soon)