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BIEN Congress 2018: Looking for film makers
BIEN Congress 2018 is looking for film makers to display their production at the upcoming basic income congress in Tampere! The 2018 Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN) Congress is planning to run a short film festival parallel to the talks, presentations and...
EUROPE: European Social Survey (ESS) reveal findings about attitudes toward Universal Basic Income across Europe
Map of Europe. Credit to: Flickr The European Social Survey (ESS) has published its 2016 Round 8 results, which include, for the first time in its history, a polling question asking participants to express their attitude to the hypothetical introduction of a...
BIEN Congress 2018: Extended deadline for submitting papers
The 2018 Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN) Congress has extended the deadline for submitting proposals for papers, themed panels or roundtables that cover any aspect of the justification, design, implementation, or politics of universal basic income. Send us your...
International: McKinsey report identifies basic income as a potential response to automation
As many as 375 million people may have to switch jobs as a result of automation by 2030. This is according to a new report published by the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI), a private sector think tank and the business and economics research arm of McKinsey &...
United Kingdom: A podcast debate on basic income
Image credit to Nathaniel Houghton, on Medium. The Guardian has published a podcast of a debate on Citizen’s Basic Income (start to listen at 16:00 minutes): Could a universal basic income be a solution to precarious work, automation and a happy, healthier society? It...
SWITZERLAND: Chief Investment Officer of Credit Suisse argues in favour of an Unconditional Basic Income
Michael Strobaek, Global Chief Investment Officer (CIO) of Switzerland's second largest bank Credit Suisse (CS), is interviewed in the December 2017 issue of CS's "Bulletin“, dedicated to questions around aging. According to Strobaek, it will be crucial to secure the...
United Kingdom: Sonia Sodha – “UBI is no panacea for us – and Labour shouldn’t back it”
Sonia Sodha (Twitter account image) Sonia Sodha, lead writer at the Observer, urges the British Left not to support UBI. According to her latest opinion piece for the Guardian, UBI will not cure any social disease that UBI advocates claim will be alleviated,...
UK: Steven Davies reviews Rutger Bregman’s “Utopia for Realists”
In the three years since its initial publication, Rutger Bregman’s Utopia for Realists has helped spur a global conversation on universal basic income (UBI). The book has become an international bestseller, garnering praise from intellectual heavyweights and...
CANADA: Canadian Association of Social Workers Recommends UBIG of $20,000 As a Better Alternative Than Negative Income Tax
On October 30th 2017, the Canadian Association of Social Workers (CASW) released a position paper recommending a Universal Basic Income Guarantee (UBIG) of $20,000 for all individuals, regardless of income. CASW’s UBIG fulfils the definition of a Basic Income. CASW...
CANADA: Deloitte future jobs report recommends basic income
Recently, there has been a great deal of attention paid to the changing nature of work. From rising automation to the ever-expanding gig economy, the effects of shifting labor landscapes are being felt by governments, businesses, and workers around the world. A new...
