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Germany: Discussions on unconditional basic income
Which analytical models exist to defend UBI, and how convincing are they? What would the introduction of an UBI mean for different parts of society? What would be the associated opportunities and risks? To answer these, and many more questions, the...
Scott Santens: Think like a Martian
Richard Feynman ("If you can’t explain something in simple terms, you don’t understand it") If Martians did exist, they would know nothing about human endeavours (assuming they had not come to Earth in UFO’s before). They would look at humans from a place of...
France: Abdennour Bidar speaks about basic income to the MFRB
Abdennour Bidar. Picture credit to: L'Express The Movement Francais pour un Revenue de Base [French Movement for a Basic Income] (MFRB) has interviewed, early this year, philosopher and author Abdennour Bidar, who has recently published the book “Libéron-nous!...
UBI Taiwan aims to be ‘tipping point’ for basic income
A nearly-packed auditorium of mostly young Taiwanese arrived on an early Saturday morning to learn about Universal Basic Income and its role in addressing key trends for the next generation.
United States: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on automation
Picture credit to: Ståle Grut / NRKbeta Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC), during a talk at SXSW, was addressed by a tech entrepreneur with a question about automation (how should we act as a society and how will we be able to find a purpose in life as jobs are...
International: Questions & Answers on UBI, with Peter Knight (video)
Peter Knight, collaborator at the Fernand Braudel Institute of World Economics, and founder (and main coordinator) of the Sufficiency4Sustainability Network, has been contacted by the Universal Basic Income (UBI) Taipei Conference (link), and produced a video (below),...
Scotland: How the Scottish Citizens Basic Income Feasibility Study has been evolving
It was in September 2017 that the Scottish Government decided to support local authorities – namely Fife, City of Edinburgh, Glasgow City Council and North Ayrshire Council – so these could conduct feasibility studies on potential basic income pilots within their...
Unites States: Andrew Yang reaches milestone: likely to be in a televised debate
Andrew Yang on TV. Picture credit to: WMUR In a statement issued to supporters, Andrew Yang has announced that his campaign has met the main criteria for appearing in a first round of debates to be organized by the Democratic National Committee (DNC). The latter have...
Mass extinction on the horizon: Is Universal Basic Income the answer?
Picture Credit: (NASA/Rawpixel Ltd) Mark Maslin and Simon Lewis, authors of the book “The Human Planet: How We Created the Anthropocene”, published an article on Apolitical, suggesting that Universal Basic Income (UBI) may be the answer to the threat of mass...
United States: Andrew Yang is not only talking about basic income: if elected, the idea is to implement it
Andrew Yang. Picture credit to: The Daily Beast Few political analysts bear to take Andrew Yang presidential candidacy seriously, but that doesn’t seem to slow him down. Yang’s team (informally also called “Yang’s gang”) has already surpassed a 14000 donors mark, and...
