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Book announcement: Financing Basic Income
This new book from Richard Pereira (and contributors Albert Jörimann (BIEN Switzerland) and Gary Flomenhoft (University of Vermont)) argues that basic income at a decent level is, in fact, affordable. The contributors approach the topic from the perspectives of three...
Canada: Basic income proposed by more than half of Manitoba’s political parties
According to the latest data, 20,8% of Manitobans live below the poverty line. This is one of the highest rates of poverty in the country. For the first time, three of Manitoba’s major political parties have announced their support for basic income. So far, the Green...
Chile: International Colloquium – Universal Basic Income: A new perspective for Latin America?
The Law School at the Universidad Austral de Chile (Sede Puerto Montt) is hosting an international colloquium on “La Renta Basica Universal ¿un nuevo enfoque para Latinoamérica?” (Universal Basic Income: A new perspective for Latin America?) on the 30th October 2019....
Italy: Luca Santini, President of Basic Income Network Italy has passed away
Tuesday, 30th July, after a quick, aggressive and ruthless illness, Luca Santini (43), has passed away. For over a decade he had been President of the Basic Income Network Italia (BIN Italia), an association for basic income for which he had enthusiastically...
United States: Andrew Yang briefly addresses racial and inequality inquiries
In this video from MSNBC, Democratic candidate for the United States presidency Andrew Yang answers some direct questions about racial issues and economic inequality. According to him, racial issues get diluted if communities are economically better off,...
United States: What are the economic implications of Andrew Yang’s Freedom Dividend?
Analysis of US proposals for a basic income show it would have a dramatic effect on poverty and inequality, but substantially increase the budget deficit.
Finland: How did Basic Income become mainstream?
Johanna Perkiö, Doctoral Candidate, University of Tampere A recent article on the Finnish basic income experiment has demonstrated how ‘framing’ the benefits of basic income in specific ways can make it acceptable to a wide political spectrum. University...
United Kingdom: Liverpool’s mayor and councillors bent on trying UBI
Things are stirring in Liverpool. In the aftermath of Labour shadow chancellor John McDonnell’s commissioned report on basic income, Liverpool mayor John Anderson and councillor Jane Corbett have manifested their will to pursue a basic income pilot program in the...
United States: More on the fiscal crisis in Alaska
It seems that the Alaskan tax policy is being too generous with oil companies. On top of the fact that there is no income or value-added tax (VAT) in Alaska, every year oil companies operating in Alaska are granted wealthy tax credits, this year amounting to $1.2...
Canada: A 20-year basic income experiment is being considered in Quebec
Yv Bonnier Viger. Picture credit to: Huffpost Quebec Gaspesie and Îles-de-la-Madeleine regional public health director Yv Bonnier Viger is convinced that basic income can have dramatic positive effects on people’s health. So much so that the local public health...
