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STOCKTON, CA, US: New Details Revealed in Planned Basic Income Demonstration
Invitations to participate will be mailed to randomly selected households in low-to-average income Stockton neighborhoods no later than January 2019.
Barcelona, Spain: Barcelona Summer Conference on the Politics of Basic Income
Unconditional Basic Income Europe (UBIE) is organizing the first ever Summer Conference on The Politics of Basic Income. With the elections to the European Community Parliament in May 2019, UBIE has decided to focus on how to make basic income a hot topic during the...
BIEN Conference 2018: update and link for live-streaming
The Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN) Conference 2018 is about to start in Tampere, Finland. The final program has been released, and confirmed starting the event with the Nordic Day on the 23rd of August. There will also be a link for live-streaming the plenary...
USA: Trump’s response to poverty in the USA
Picture credit to: Big Think. On the 12th of July 2018, Trump's Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) released the report "Expanding Work Requirements in Non-Cash Welfare Programs", in response to an executive order made in April 2018 on reducing poverty in America. The...
United Kingdom: RSA releases report on how to conduct to Basic Income experiments
The RSA, a UK-based charity that aims to unleash human potential for enterprise and creativity, released a report discussing how basic income can be studied in the UK. The report is a toolkit for basic income study designs, highlighting fundamental features of a basic...
Sri Lanka: Basic Income Debates and Initiatives
This summary of Basic Income programs in Sri Lanka was written by Sarath Davala (coordinator of India Network for Basic Income) and Selvi Sachidanandam (coordinator of Basic Income Sri Lanka). All images are courtesy of Basic Income Sri Lanka. The beginnings of a...
US: Chicago Tribune against Basic Income for City
“City Hall would be wiser to look for ways to help raise incomes among working-class and poor residents without taking on commitments it can’t afford.”
US: Poll of “Left Agenda” Examines Support for Basic Income
A new survey shows support for an income-tax-funded basic income from people of color and the working class, opposition from college-educated white Americans.
ONTARIO, CANADA: Project Advisors Oppose Termination of Pilot Study
Project advisors Hugh Segal and Kwame McKenzie and other researchers speak out against the early end of the province’s guaranteed income trial.
ONTARIO, CANADA: New Government Declares Early End of Guaranteed Income Experiment
Progressive Conservatives backpedal on campaign promise not to cancel payments to 4000 low-income Ontarians in three-year pilot program.
