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Richard Branson supports UBI
Richard Branson. Credit to: Wikipedia. Multi-billionaire Richard Branson, founder of Virgin, recently became the latest wealthy entrepreneur to publicly support universal basic income (UBI), following similar public statements by Mark Zuckerberg, the co-founder of...
SLOVENIA: Basic Income advocate Valerija Korosec makes bid for Presidency
Basic income is the main pillar of her independent candidacy.
UK: RSA to host “Universal Basic Income: Can Scotland Lead the Way?”
On August 29, the RSA will hold an event on UBI featuring Annie Miller (Citizen’s Basic Income Network Scotland), who will launch her new book at the event, and Jamie Cooke (RSA Scotland).
China: The State Council has issued its first ArtificiaI Intelligence development plan
The State Council of China released an Artificial Intelligence (AI) development plan on July 20, 2017, which aims to build a domestic industry worth almost $150 billion and positioning the country to become the world leader in AI by 2030. There are three steps in the...
BIEN Norway public meeting: “Basic Income on the agenda!” (Aug 26)
BIEN Norge has organized a meeting on UBI’s potential to develop and strengthen the Nordic model.
New Zealand Fabians host Basic Income panel
The New Zealand Fabian Society, a policy forum devoted to exploring progressive policy and economic reforms, has been active in promoting discussion of basic income.
Space funding for Universal Basic Income
Futurism, August 6, 2017 Could we use space to pay for a Universal Basic Income? Tom Ward addresses this question in a Futurism article. The article discusses the idea of using space to fund a Basic Income; the money being generated from future space tourism and...
BARCELONA, SPAIN: Design of Minimum Income Experiment Finalized
In October 2017, the city of Barcelona, Spain, will launch a two-year experiment testing several variants of a guaranteed income and active policies to reduce poverty rates.
United States: Alaska citizen’s monthly payment means recipients work more, not less
Despite endorsing a larger carbon footprint for Alaska, the Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD payment, according to a survey released last week, of one thousand employees), encouraged only one per cent of recipients to work less. Perhaps the oldest, continuous, Basic...
US: Stanford’s Basic Income Lab plans new schedule of events
BIL’s events for the upcoming academic year include a private workshop on cities and UBI and public lectures on UBI and racial and gender justice.
