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Chicago, US: Chicago moves forward with UBI proposal
Chicago's City Hall building green roof. Picture credit to: Urban Matter Earlier this year, the city of Chicago hit the news by introducing a resolution that would summon a taskforce to run and study a basic income trial within the Municipality. That...
Annie Lowrey: New book “Give People Money: How a Universal Basic Income Would End Poverty, Revolutionize Work, and Remake the World”
In her recent work Give People Money: How a Universal Basic Income Would End Poverty, Revolutionize Work, and Remake the World (W.H. Allen), Atlantic writer Annie Lowrey offers a new account of the universal basic income (UBI) rooted in her experience as a global...
India: IMF supports basic income, recognising existing welfare programmes as “inefficient”
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has published a report suggesting that basic income would be better than their welfare system at supporting low income households in India. Similar evidence has been found for both Indonesia and Peru, where basic income was found...
Bringing UBI into the Public Discourse, feat. Annie Lowrey
Annie Lowrey. Picture credit: ComedyCentral, The Daily Show AUDIO: Annie Lowrey on Basic Income Podcast Annie Lowrey, policy reporter for the New York Times and author of the book “Give People Money: How a Universal Basic Income Would end Poverty,...
David Graeber: New book “Bullshit jobs”
David Graeber. Picture credit to: RSA. David Graeber, a professor of anthropology at the London School of Economics, has recently published a new book “Bullshit Jobs: A Theory”. This book is an investigation of his ideas previously outlined in an article written in...
Finland / International: BIEN Congress 2018 (part 2)
After reporting on the two first days of the Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN) Congress in Tampere, Finland, 24th and 25th of August, a second and final part is here lay forth, covering for the event on the last day (26th). (Note 1) Jamie Cooke, Sarath Davala,...
Finland / International: BIEN Conference 2018 (part 1)
At BIEN Conference main auditorium (at the forefront: Phillipe van Parijs) On the 24th of August 2018, the Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN) Conference at Tampere, Finland, started at full force (after an introductory day on the 23rd of August – Nordic Day). ...
Finland / International: Nordic Day at the BIEN Conference 2018
Gerdur Palmadottir (BIEN Iceland) On the 23rd of August 2018, on the eve of the Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN) Conference in Tampere, Finland, yet another Nordic Day was completed, with the participation of speakers from all the European Nordic countries...
International: Basic Income Week
Basic Income Week, in this year of 2018, will be happening from the 17th up to the 23rd of September, around the globe. It will be the 11th event of its type, under the sub-title “Basic Income: an income you can count on”. Although the designated days for the event...
Conrad Shaw: “How Not to Bungle the Revolution”
In an article published on medium, with the title “How Not to Bungle the Revolution”, Conrad Shaw, who is working at the Bootstraps project, a docu-series following the stories of 21 Americans receiving an unconditional income supplement for two years, explores the...
