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Ellen Brown: “How to Fund a Universal Basic Income Without Increasing Taxes or Inflation”
Ellen Brown. Credit to: Signs Of The Times Writing for Common Dreams, Ellen Brown makes a case for how Universal Basic Income can be achieved without increasing Taxes or Inflation. At first glance, most will consider this not to be possible, but Ellen argues that...
International: The International Monetary Fund offers analysis of UBI as part of its ‘Fiscal Monitor: Tackling Inequality’ report
In a paper released in October 2017, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has analysed the feasibility and effects of introducing a Universal Basic Income (UBI) in various economies, looking at how it might help ease destructive levels of inequality present in many...
Follow-up to India UBI Pilot Finds Continued Improvement
A short-term universal basic income (UBI) pilot in India has been found to have positive effects years after it concluded, according to a recent follow-up study. Researchers who returned to the villages involved in the original pilot study, which took place in...
VIDEO: The Zeitgeist Movement Podcast “In All Seriousness” Round Table Discussion of Basic Income
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGMO78A7YJU The 3rd episode of the “In All Seriousness” podcast presented a casual but poignant round table discussion on UBI with Zeitgeist Movement founder Peter Joseph, Rob Dew, and Michael Jordet. Special guests included Larry...
USA: David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, says that a “Guaranteed Income” would be a massive boon for the US economy
David Simon. Credit to: Flickr Whilst talking about his new HBO show ‘The Deuce’, David Simon, creator of the award winning series ‘The Wire’, has advocated for a “guaranteed income” to be introduced in the US. During an interview with David Remnick on The New...
SWEDEN: Developer Conference in Malmö gets session by Scott Santens on basic income
Scott Santens. Credit to: Enno Schmidt Scott Santens will present a keynote session in the Developer Conference in Malmö, Sweden, on the 9th of November. His key points will be: Technological unemployment is real; Technological unemployment is not something we should...
CHINA: UNDP holds basic income roundtable in Beijing
Beijing’s United Nations Development Program hosted a roundtable with Chinese professors discussing the potential for a pilot program in China.
Karl Widerquist: “Basic Income’s Third Wave”
According to this article from OpenDemocracy, the drive toward a basic income isn’t new. It’s a 100-year-old movement that has gotten stronger each time inequality has returned to the public discussion. Originally published as: Karl Widerquist, "Basic Income’s Third...
United States: The Economic Security Project funds 35 grantees
The $10 million Economic Security Project (ESP) has awarded 35 organizations which will exercise with Universal Basic Income concepts in 2018. The ESP, established in 2016 partly by Chris Hughes (co-founder of Facebook and roommate of Mark Zuckerberg at...
Basic income national proposal released by ‘UBI Taiwan’
UBI Taiwan held a press conference to explain their proposal to give every Taiwanese citizen a basic income each month.
