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LEUVEN, BELGIUM: Basic Income Stream at ESPAnet Conference, 2-4 September 2020
Basic Income will be a major stream at the ESPAnet conference in Leuven, Belgium, 2-4 September 2020 "Basic income across Europe: Exploring variation in proposals, policy windows, and trajectories" Stream convenors: Jurgen De Wispelaere, Tim Vlandas and Hanna...
United Kingdom: Presentation of Peter Sloman’s new book in London
Basic Income Hub is organizing an event in which Peter Sloman will present his new book "Transfer State: The Idea of a Guaranteed Income and the Politics of Redistribution in Modern Britain", together with Barb Jacobson and Michael Pugh. Barb is a Director at Basic...
Canada: New report from the Basic Income Canada Network shows how to improve income security for everyone
A new report from the Basic Income Canada Network (BICN) details how Canada could improve income security for everyone, with three options for a basic income for adults, while maintaining current child benefits for those under 18. "We've seen interest in...
United Kingdom: Lib Dems in Hull call on Government to consider piloting Universal Basic Income in the City
The Liberal Democrats in Hull have tabled a motion to Hull City Council that calls for the Chief Executive Matt Jukes to write to Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid, requesting Government support to pilot Universal Basic Income (UBI) in Hull. The Liberal Democrat...
Portugal: Conference on pilot projects in July
From the 1st to the 3rd of July, 2020, at the University of Minho (Braga, Portugal), a conference on Basic Income experiments will occur, focused on its political and social policy implications. From the conference website it can be read: The debate about basic income...
London, UK: The Ethics of UBI in a Changing Economy
The Ethics of UBI in a Changing Economy King's College London London, UK, April 24, 2020 Submission link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=eubi1 Abstract registration deadline: February 28, 2020 Submission deadline: February 28, 2020 Final paper submission:...
Japan: Billionaire Yusaku Maezawa attempts a “social experiment” by giving out 9 million US$
Japanese enterpreneur Yusaku Maezawa, enfatuated by the idea of a basic income, is giving out, unconditionally, 9 million US$ to 1000 randomly selected people from his Twitter followers group. This initiative was launched on January 1st 2020, on his Twitter page....
United States: New survey shows overwhelming support for basic income among Democrat students
A new survey focused on basic income has been published by College Pulse (December 2019). 2000 college students were asked several questions, among which, for instance, if they supported the implementation of a basic income in the United States, such as that proposed...
19th BIEN Congress: Videos from plenary sessions
The Basic Income Earth Network's latest Congress has taken place at Hyderabad, India, on the 22-26th August 2019. Now, the videos of all the plenary sessions are online and available for viewing. More information at: BIEN CONGRESS 2019 webpage ...
United States: Senators Mitt Romney and Michael Bennet plan an unconditional child benefit
US Senators Michael Bennet (left) and Mitt Romney (right) On Sunday, the 15th of December 2019, Republican Senator Mitt Romney and Democrat Senator Michael Bennet presented a plan to establish an unconditional child benefit cash transfer in the United States. Under...
