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UNITED STATES (TENNESSEE): Dolly Parton’s fund for families uprooted by wildfires similar to basic income
Dolly Parton, 2011. Credit to: Eva Rinaldi Photography Approximately 1,300 homes were destroyed by wildfires in Gatlinburg, Tennessee in November of 2016. Singer and actress Dolly Parton, who comes from the same county, created a fund through the Dollywood Foundation...
ITALY: Philippe van Parijs delivers annual Il Mulino lecture
Phillipe van Parijs (at the Lisbon BIEN 2017 Conference). Credit to: Enno Schmidt. Phillipe van Parijs has delivered the 2017 annual Il Mulino lecture, which happened on Saturday, the 28th of October, at the Bologna University’s Aula Magna. This major event,...
CANADA: Symposium on Dauphin Mincome Experiment Held at University of Manitoba
By Jason Burke Murphy On October 3rd, the Social Work Department at the University of Manitoba held a Symposium on the Mincome Experiment conducted in Dauphin, Manitoba in the 1970’s. This included presentations by the Director of the Mincome Experiment in the...
PORTUGAL: Louise Haagh and Francisco Louçã face off at Lisbon’s Web Summit
Louise Haagh and Francisco Louçã at Lisbon's Web Summit. A debate about basic income was set up in this year’s Web Summit, in Lisbon, which occurred during an event named “Talk Robot”, on the 7th of November. Featuring Louise Haagh and Francisco Louçã, both...
Basic Income documentary “Kann Mann Frau” released with English subtitles
Gabriele Von Moers, a German filmmaker, has released her movie Kann Mann Frau [Can Man Woman] with English subtitles. The release has also been accompaigned by a short two-minute trailer. This film is a first part of a larger 90-minute documentary focused on basic...
Namibia May Be Considering Basic Income Grants
The Ministry for Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare in Namibia has floated the possibility of introducing basic income grants for those between 19 and 59, according to Namibian national daily paper New Era. The Ministry was set up in early 2015, following the...
UK: European Social Survey (ESS) teaming up with Ronnie Cowan MP in event revealing the UK’s attitude to UBI
As part of the Economic and Social Research Council’s (ESRC) Festival of Social Science 2017, the European Social Survey (ESS) is teaming up with Ronnie Cowan MP in a free event that will be held in Portcullis House, Westminster, from 9am on Thursday 16th of November...
SCOTLAND, UK: Nobel-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz cautions again Basic Income during BBC interview
In an interview with BBC News, Stiglitz warned that citizen’s income should not be the current priority of the Government of Scotland.
IRELAND: Annual Social Policy Conference 2017
Dr. Sean Healy and Michelle Murphy of Social Justice Ireland. Promoted and organized by the Social Justice Ireland Team, the Annual Social Policy Conference will take place on Tuesday, the 21st of November 2017. The venue will be located at Croke Park, in...
Report from the Cash Conference
On Thursday, October 19th, activists, social justice advocates, economists, futurists, venture capitalists, writers, community organizers and politicians gathered at the Old Mint in San Francisco - a symbolically poetic building - to talk about Cash. Organized by the...
