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LITHUANIA: ESPANet 2018 Congress in Vilnius features Stream on the Political Economy of Basic Income
ESPAnet is the leading comparative social policy conference in Europe. Jurgen De Wispelaere (Bath University) and Heikki Hiilamo (Helsinki University) are coordinating a stream on "The Political Economy of Basic Income: Opportunities, Constraints, Trajectories” for...
FINLAND: Finland shares unconditional money, but the public view remains polarised
Ville-Veikko Pulkka Although an experiment on basic income is being performed in Finland at the moment (being expected to end by January 2019), this does not say much about what Finns think about it, or about basic income in general. According to recent...
MEXICO: Potential presidential candidate Ricardo Anaya supports basic income in his campaign
Ricardo Anaya. Credit to: OMB Online. Ricardo Anaya, potential candidate for Mexico’s next presidential elections in July 2018, presents an unconditional basic income as his main proposal in matters of social policy. An overview of this proposal, as spoken by...
US: Poverty Solutions at the University of Michigan invites junior scholars to workshop on Basic Income
University of Michigan in Autumn. Credit to: Flickr. Poverty Solutions at the University of Michigan, in collaboration with the Stanford Basic Income Lab and with support from the Economic Security Project, are inviting applications to participate in a...
New Book: “It’s Basic Income”
A new book has just been released by Policy Press, an imprint of Bristol University Press. Titled It’s Basic Income: The global debate, it binds the contributions of many different authors, activists and researchers dwelling in the basic income global debate. Among...
EUROPE: Council of Europe adopts resolution on basic income
The Council of Europe Assembly voted on 23 January 2018 in favour of a Resolution concerning basic income. A clear majority of the participants voted in favour of the policy (52%), while 36% voted against it and 13% abstained. With this result, the Council of...
UK: A Citizen’s Basic Income day at the London School of Economics
The London School of Economics (LSE) will host a Basic Income day event on Tuesday, 20th of February 2018. This event will join several experts to discuss political feasibility, funding mechanisms and costing of basic income, in the morning session. On the afternoon,...
US: Chris Hughes, co-chair of the Economic Security Project (ESP), favours means tested guaranteed income for working poor over UBI in new book
In a July 2017 televised Town Hall with KCET, Economic Security Project co-chairs Chris Hughes and Natalie Foster were asked about the principles of a Universal Basic Income. Public questions from Facebook were delivered by the moderator, the first common concern of...
International: Basic Income at the World Economic Forum 2018
During the World Economic Forum during 23rd-26th January in Davos, Switzerland, universal basic income (UBI) will be discussed at several sessions: 11:00 GMT 23 January: How Is Rentier Capitalism Aggravating Inequality? For the summary, speakers and live...
CANADA: Quebec is implementing a means-tested benefit, not a basic income
The province of Quebec, in Canada, has been fostering conversations around basic income and even, at a certain point in 2016, has appointed a long-time supporter of basic income, François Blais, as Minister of Employment and Social Solidarity. Although the term...
