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News on the global Basic Income debate
INDIA: India Network for Basic Income releases video
“I also want to go to school”
THE NETHERLANDS: Vereniging Basisinkomen Launches Calculation Tool for Universal Basic Income
Picture: Pocket Calculator by Matt Joyce 2011, CC-BY-SA 2.0
THE NETHERLANDS: Petition for Experiment with Basic Income for Unemployed 55+ Handed to Parliament
On November 14th 2017, Antoinette Hertsenberg (from the Dutch television program Radar) handed over a petition to the Dutch Parliament (signed by 113.344 people), asking for an experiment with a basic income for people over 55 years old who are unemployed. The...
UK: Pearson jobs report recommends “stop agonizing about machines taking our jobs”
In recent years, basic income has found support across the political spectrum. While some have justified it as a human rights issue, others believe it to be necessary in the fight against poverty and rising inequality. According to many supporters, these are...
CANADA (LINDSAY, ONTARIO): Delegates pass ‘Lindsay Declaration’ on basic income
Ontario Basic Income Network delegates. Credit to: Lindsay Advocate. On November 4th 2017, the Ontario Basic Income Network (OBIN) held its annual meeting in Lindsay, Ontario, Canada. Lindsay is one of the sites of the Ontario basic income pilot project, with...
UNITED STATES: Stockton, California plans a Basic Income Demonstration
Stockton, California and Mayor Michael Tubbs announced plans for a Basic Income trial - the Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration (SEED). The project is still in its initial stage, and the design phase of the project will be launched in January 2018. The design...
US: Reverend Dr William Barber revives Dr King’s concept of “guaranteed income” as part of new Civil Rights movement
Reverend Dr William Barber. Credit to: Flickr Reverend Dr William Barber of Birmingham, Alabama, has spoken of the need for a “breakthrough” in the civil rights movement in the US, citing an acceptable development being a point where “every poor person has a...
The New York Times acknowledges the Basic Income worldwide movement
Peter S. Goodman, a veteran economics journalist, wrote a comprehensive piece about the recent Basic Income developments for the New York Times. In this piece, Goodman refers to the main motivations behind the idea of Basic Income as including the current wage...
US/KENYA: GiveDirectly Officially Launches UBI experiment
The US charity GiveDirectly has officially launched its trial of basic income in rural Kenya, and is now enrolling experimental participants.
SPAIN: XVII Simposium of Red Renta Básica
Íñigo Errejón, at the 7th Basic Income Simposium. On the 2nd of November 2017, the city of Zaragoza (Spain) welcomed the 17th Basic Income Simposium, organized by Red Renta Básica (the Basic Income Network affiliate in Spain), which lasted for three days. In...
