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United States: Andrew Yang hits the stage at CNN Presidential Town Hall
Andrew Yang, the only Democrat presidential candidate to the US elections in 2020 announcing a basic income policy in his platform, has been on CNN Presidential Town Hall, solo featured on the latest 14th of April. At this televised campaign event, Yang was clear...
United Kingdom: The interest for a basic income trial in Sheffield is building up
Wall painting in Sheffield. The Universal Basic Income (UBI) Lab Sheffield, a campaigning group working from the city of Sheffield, northern UK, has written to all the 84 city councilors in the region, as a move to have them support a local basic income experiment....
Russia: A short-term basic income experiment starts in Russia
The Social movement “Basic Income Russia Tomorrow”, together with the charity foundation “Coordinates of Good”, were awarded the Wow Successful Awards 2019, in the Social Innovation chapter, on the 13th of March. This award means the movement will be able to make...
Korea to launch provincial ‘Youth Basic Income’ program
Korea’s provincial program will unconditionally give US$900 in local currency per year to 24-year-old residents of Gyeonggi province.
Canada: Alberta Liberals propose transversal tax breaks, a basic income pilot, and investments fueled by oil revenues
David Khan. Picture credit to: Sylvan Lake News This Monday, April 12th 2019, David Khan, leader of the Alberta Liberals, announced a series of fundamental changes to the way social policies are practiced in this Canadian province, if elected next Tuesday (Alberta...
United States: After Stockton, Newark mayor announces the intention to test UBI
Ras Baraka (in Wikipedia) Ras Baraka, present-day mayor of Newark, has announced the intention of rolling out a universal basic income (UBI) pilot program in the city. Newark, a city just outside Manhattan island, is plagued by poverty (around one third of its...
South Africa: The “Purple Cow” party is proposing a Negative Income Tax form of basic income
“Innovation. Disruption. No BS – because we love our country.” That is the “Purple Cow” party power tag. The party is officially called “Capitalist Party of South Africa”, and is defending the basic income policy, particularly in the Negative Income Tax (NIT) form....
United States: Green New Deal – the environmental and social revolutions are linked
Picture credit: CC (Giuseppe Milo) With an article on The Conversation, Fabian Shuppeter investigates how Universal Basic Income may be the key to make the green transition possible. A letter demanding to take swift action to address the threat of climate change, with...
Study Finds Issues with Universal Basic Income for Developing Countries
Picture credit to: Biodiversity & Community Health. Measuring income in developing countries A study published in the National Bureau of Economic Research in the Fall examines cash transfer programs across a range of developing countries and uses household data...
Italy: “Notebooks for income QR9” – Big Data, WebFare and Basic Income
Basic Income Network Italia (BIN Italia) has released a new editorial production. Titled "QR9 (Quaderni per il Reddito) – Notebooks for Income: Big Data, WebFare and basic income for all! We are on the net, we produce value, we want basic income", it's freely...