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17th BIEN Congress in Lisbon, Portugal
The 17th BIEN Congress took place in Lisbon, Portugal from the 25th to the 27th of September. The focus of the congress was on “Implementing Basic Income.” The 150 presenters represented 33 countries, with more countries represented in the additional 380 audience...
US: New POLITICO/Morning Consult poll finds that 43% of Americans are in favour of a UBI
A new poll POLITICO/Morning Consult conducted between the 14th and 17th September 2017 surveying 1,994 registered US voters, found that, of those asked whether they would support or oppose ‘a proposal in which the government would provide all Americans a regular,...
Germany: Why Thomas Straubhaar advocates an unconditional basic income
The Swiss economist and former director of the Hamburg Institute of International Economics (Hamburgisches Weltwirtschaftsinstitut, HWWI), Thomas Straubhaar, is one of the most prominent advocates of an unconditional basic income from an economic perspective in Germany. Why is that?
New Zealand Poll Results
Nearly 90% of respondents to a New Zealand-based poll stated that, assuming that the economy and nz stock market was strong enough to support all residents, a universal basic income (UBI) was the fairest way to ensure basic support to all who need it, according to the...
United States: Congressman Ro Khanna introduces EITC bill, garners comparison to BI
Ro Khanna. Credit to: Salon. Ro Khanna, a Democratic congressman from Silicon Valley, has introduced a bill in the U.S. Congress that would expand the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) for all Americans, a step towards a basic income according to at least one...
China: News from Macau’s “Wealth Partaking Scheme”
José Pereira Coutinho. Credit to: Macau Daily Times. In the Legislative Assembly (AL) elections for The New Hope (Nova Esperança), a political party from Macau, candidacy is headed by lawmaker José Pereira Coutinho. He is urging for the redistribution of the...
Investing in Basic Income
Picture credit to: The Guardian. Many new digital currencies have been created recently, for example, litecoin, bitcoin, and that is to only name a couple, a slew of them have come out and many people are investing/trading in them. According to Market Watch, their...
India: Goa Foundation provides recommendations to Expert Committee to push a Citizen’s Dividend out of mining fund
On August 2, 2017, the Supreme Court (SC) of India delivered a judgement imposing a 100% penalty on illegal mining in Odisha, India and asked the Government to review the National Mineral Policy (2008). The court also called for an expert committee to be setup to...
UK citizens tend to support UBI until funding mechanism specified, survey finds
Market research organization Ipsos MORI has released the results of new survey of Survey of 1,111 British adults, commissioned by the Institute for Policy Research at the University of Bath.
UNITED STATES: Fundraising Starts for Education-Based Basic Income Campaign in Los Angeles
The group Basic Income Los Angeles has started fundraising for an educational project, a campaign to spread the word about Basic Income. The purpose of this campaign is to convey the benefits of Basic Income to a wider Los Angeles audience. The audience targeted by...
