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Precarious Generation, a research in three European countries
A new research carried out for the European project PIE* News Commonfare, which involved three European countries (Croatia, Italy and Holland), has just been released. In this research, several questions have been asked. How has the precarious workers lives have...
Italy: Guy Standing talk of Basic Income at the International Journalism Festival
Universal basic income. A radical rethinking of work, well-being and freedom. This is the title of the meeting that took place within the Festival of Journalism held in Perugia on April 13th, 2018. From 2 pm at the Teatro della Sapienza, Alessandro Gilioli de...
International: Basic income is present at Blockchaingers Hackathon 2018
Blockchain is a kind of register, or digital ledger, of economic transactions. According to specialists, it is incorruptible since it exists as a distributed network of registers, and hence impossible to hack. Moreover, put simply, blockchain is a simple yet ingenious...
The Netherlands: the aversion towards an unconditional basic income, summarized in seventy objections
Overview of seventy objections to an unconditional basic income, published on a Dutch website
United States: Andrew Yang is running for President in 2020 on the platform of Universal Basic Income
Andrew Yang is a young entrepreneur who is running for president on the platform of Basic Income. As an entrepreneur, he started and led several technology and education companies. More recently he founded Venture for America, “a nonprofit that places top graduates in...
Debate over Alaska’s Permanent Fund Dividend
Alaska’s House of Representatives has passed a bill which sets the state’s annual PFD (Permanent Fund Dividend) at approximately $1,600 per person next year, an amount which has been confirmed after a hard-fought legislative battle over the size of the payment. The...
INDIA: The devil is in the details – a new report on Basic Income for India
Saksham Khosla, a research analyst at Carnegie India, has written a detailed report on the implementation of basic income in India. His research focuses on the political economy of administrative, economic and welfare reforms in India. Less than a year ago,...
New Book on Universal Basic Income
A new book on universal basic income (UBI) will include a contribution from Brian Eno, the well-known musician and composer who has collaborated with artists such as David Bowie, U2, and Damon Albarn. The book, It’s Basic Income, is a collection of essays from a...
India Network for Basic Income releases YouTube videos
The India Network for Basic Income recently released two new YouTube videos aiming to highlight issues around universal basic income (UBI). The first, which lasts slightly over one minute, addresses the payment of UBI to women, and makes the argument that, as women...
UNITED STATES: Zoltan Istvan and the future of Basic Income, at the Worlds Fair Nano
“Grand staircase” in Utah. Credit to: Reveal. Zoltan Istvan continues to walk his path to be California’s Governor. His campaign involves a controversial plan to “develop California lands and use the revenue to form a Universal Basic Income for all California...
