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New book: “The Future of Work, Technology, and Basic Income”
In this new book, work, technology and society are discussed through a series of view points, given by several authors (e.g.: Matt Zwolinski, Michael Cholbi, Andrea Veltman, Evelyn Forget, among others). Universal Basic Income is a policy described at the center of...
Canada: Strike due to automation developments at Port of Vancouver
Transportation is not the only sector where automation is eating away jobs. Large commercial ports are also being hit hard, as recent events in Vancouver show. Workers at the Port of Vancouver went on strike last month, due to a pressing issue on automation with the...
United States: Alaska’s desperate governor considers massive cuts to university budget to keep Dividend
Mike Dunleavy, sitting on top of an oversized Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend check. Picture credit to: Anchorage Daily News. Basic income yes, but not at any cost. The alarm comes from Alaska, where governor Mike Dunleavy has announced cutting his 2020 state budget by...
United States: Unstoppable Andrew Yang carries basic income to the national debate stage
All ten candidates at the Democratic Deabte for the United States Presidential elections. “It is not left, it is not right, it is forward”. Andrew Yang drank from Scott Santens famous words, to finish off his contribution to the Democratic Debate to the United...
Daniel Mermelstein: “Basic Income and cryptocurrency”
In this article, Daniel Mermelstein delves into the relationship between basic income and cryptocurrencies. The combination of these two innovative, by some considered radical approaches to social security and money, can rock the foundations of most people's beliefs....
Europe: An EU citizens initiative for a Carbon Fee & Dividend is collecting signatures
An European Citizen’s Initiative on the application of a carbon tax-citizen’s dividend scheme has been accepted by the European Commission (May 2019) and is, at the moment, collecting support signatures (up until May 2020). The initiative calls for the...
United States: A bill to test basic income in Massachusetts is being discussed
Tami L. Gouveia (left) and James B. Eldridge (right). Picture credit to Lusoamericano (Tami) and Wikipedia (James). Although it is considered an unlikely pass, House Bill 1632, which would put in place a basic income pilot test in the state of Massachusetts, is being...
Estonia: Estonian Parliament examines possibility of testing basic income in the country
Jaanus Nurmoja. Picture credit to: ERR On May 29th 2019, Jaanus Nurmoja, an Estonian journalist, musician and political activist, delivered to the social affairs committee of the Estonian Parliament a document entitled “About the study of the feasibility and...
United States: Maryland’s legislator pushing the creation of a social wealth fund for the state
Gabriel Acevero (on Twitter) On June 18th, Maryland Delegate Gabriel Acevero was interviewed by the Basic Income Podcast, about his intention to create a social wealth fund in his state, created with revenue from medical cannabis (but not exclusively). These kinds of...
Canada: National Inquiry into violence against indigenous women reveals the necessity to eliminate poverty in the country
On the right: Anna Fowler (director of health & social development); on the left: Qajaq Robinson (lawyer, commissioner of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls report), in 2016. Picture credit to: The Globe and Mail, Canada....
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