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New Book on UBI: Unconditional Freedom
"As the rich get richer and take more of our wealth, our democratic freedoms are also in danger. The elite are gaining large profits without contributing back to society, hollowing out our public services and institutions and preventing the vast majority of us from...
Launch of new report titled “The Economics of Implementing Basic Income in South Africa”
"Exciting news! The Social Policy Initiative (SPI) is thrilled to share a groundbreaking new report titled "The Economics of Implementing Basic Income in South Africa." This research, authored by renowned financial journalist Duma Gqubule, explores the potential...
New Edition Published: The Palgrave International Handbook of Basic Income
Edited by Malcolm Torry, this second edition: Contains new chapters on peacebuilding, public health, pilot projects, and the history of basic income Presents a newly updated discussion of the important aspects of the Basic Income debate Assesses the effects of Basic...
New Book by Malcom Torry: Unconditional
"Can anything ever be truly unconditional? Can public services such as healthcare or education be unconditional? And can an income ever be unconditional? This incisive book responds to these questions with a qualified ‘yes,’ and considers whether a social policy...
How government plans to pay for a Basic Income Grant in South Africa
"President Cyril Ramaphosa is looking to try make the shift to a Basic Income Grant a reality following renewed calls in this year’s ANC’s January 8th statement – but questions have arisen as to how the country is going to fund it. “Millions of working age adults in...
Results Available: DIRECT CASH FOR A BETTER BOSTON
In partnership with UpTogether, CHV launched a direct cash pilot in 2021, selecting fifty families via lottery from the CHV community to receive an unconditional $583 per month. With this two-year pilot program, Camp Harbor View joined a burgeoning...
Tackling Homelessness with Unconditional Cash Transfers
When? Thursday, 22 February 2024 at 6:30-8 pm UK timeUBI Lab Manchester invites to an online discussion with three eminent speakers about unconditional cash transfers and homelessness: Frances Darlington-Pollock CEO of the Greater Manchester Mayor’s Charity...
Health inequity is a problem, UBI could be a solution
Photo by National Cancer Institute on Unsplash "In May 2023, academic and policy experts in social protection, economics, public health, history, and ethics gathered at the Brocher Foundation in Geneva to consider the potential for Universal Basic Income (UBI) to...
Working Group for Clarification of Basic Income Definition: Call for Contributions
The Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN), at its general assembly in 2019, created the working group for "Clarification of Basic Income Definition". Since then we have had online open forum including at the online venue of the BIEN congress in 2021 Glasgow and in 2022...
FEASIBILITY AND IMPACT of Guaranteed Income in the State of Maine, USA
A new study prepared by Maine Center for Economic Policy on behalf of the Committee to Study the Feasibility of Basic Income Security is now available. To access the study, click here.
