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Basic Income cryptocurrency Grantcoin, Upgrades and Name Change
Grantcoin 2.0 will now be called Manna
‘UBI Taiwan’ completing national basic income proposal
Students from across Taiwan have assembled for the first UBI Taiwan Summer Fellowship. The group is researching Universal Basic Income with the goal of producing a national basic income proposal.
IRELAND: Social Justice Ireland Endorses EU-wide Basic Income System
Comments to European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) consultation on the Future of Europe in Dublin, Ireland, June 7, 2017 Social Justice Ireland, an independent Irish think tank and justice advocacy organization, has endorsed proposals for the introduction of an...
Scott Santens: “Is the solution to extreme wealth inequality really – Alaska?”
Scott Santens. Credit to: Singularity Bros. Scott Santens, writer and long time UBI advocate, speaking at the Davos World Economic Forum 2017, views the Alaska Permanent Fund as a foundational aspect for the funding for a Universal Basic Income - a UBI....
Evelyn Forget/Northern Institute publish new report on BIG
A new research report from the Northern Policy Institute (NPI), a Canadian think-tank based in Ontario, has put forward an argument that Canada would benefit from a basic income guarantee.
Minneapolis, MN, US: Workshop on basic income and care-work at Democracy Convention
The workshop “seeks to explore how a re-valuing of care-work can solidify the vision of a new economic and societal system, where caring for self, each other, and the planet is the primary focus.”
KARL WIDERQUIST: About Universal Basic Income and Freedom
Covering the philosophy of freedom, an explanation of universal basic income and the economics behind it, Karl Widerquist, vice-chair (at the time of the interview he still was co-chair) of Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN), was interviewed by Sam Barton from Talk of...
China: A city social dividend proposal captures national attention
Shenzhen City Shenzhen is one of the four current first-tier cities in China, and the other three are Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. In February 2017, Shenzhen Innovation and Development Institute, a famous think tank founded in 2013, issued an “Outline of Shared...
CANADA: Mowat Centre Report Shows Impact of Basic Income on Social Entrepreneurship
Pictured: Sam Haque, founder of Wise Media, social entrepreneur in Canada. Credit to: Steve Russell, Toronto Star Mowat Centre Report shows how basic income can be a transformative support network for social entrepreneurs to solve society's deeply entrenched issues....
Wealth Partaking Scheme: Macau’s small UBI
Macau City The government of the Macau Special Administrative Region (SAR) in China has announced the “Wealth Partaking Scheme 2017” (WPS), under which local permanent residents are entitled to receive a small annual unconditional basic income of 9,000 patacas...
