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As in other countries, the coronavirus shutdown makes the economic situation increasingly precarious for many people. For many, this is a sudden new experience, especially for self-employed people who have no reserves and do not receive short-time work...

This weekend, April 24-26, the US Congress will be debating and probably voting on the CARES 2 Act, the next phase in the US government's response to the health and financial crisis brought on by the coronavirus. A coalition has been formed, under the leadership of...

UBI Europe is to hold webinars. They say this about them: Europe and the world under the siege of a virus: Difficult days to cope with for the most of us. At the same time, we begin to realise – the world might never be again like before the epidemic. Will Basic...

It's been a while since the monthly Newsflash was published. We've now started to publish a new style BIEN Bulletin once a month. The April edition can be found here.             .

Counterpunch has published an article by Ellen Brown that studies the possibility of central banks creating money with which to pay a Basic Income: A Universal Basic Income is essential and will work.                  ...

The Dutch government has implemented a new programme for self-employed individuals who have suffered a loss of income due to the COVID-19 pandemic – the Temporary bridging measure for self-employed professionals (Tozo). The new arrangement entitles individuals who are...

Canada is taking measures to face the Covid-19 pandemic. The situation requires, together with radical and fast actions in medical terms, radical and fast actions in economic and social terms. The introduction of a Basic Income has been a topic for years in Canada and...

In this episode of Maine Policy Matters, published by the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center at the University of Maine, Daniel Soucier interviews Dr. Michael Howard, Professor of Philosophy at the university, about the confluence of Universal Basic Income and the...