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Cryptocurrencies and basic income: digitization, financial inclusion and implementation challenges
Kerry Frank, a consultant in research and analysis for Mondato, has recently written an article discussing the relation between basic income, government institutions and cryptocurrencies. A cryptocurrency is a digital currency that uses cryptography for security....
Roosevelt Institute finds that giving cash directly to people improves quality of life
Ioana Marinescu. Credit to: Harris School of Pubic Policy. The Roosevelt Institute finds positive overall quality of life outcomes from giving cash directly to individuals. By studying three programs that share different components of a universal basic income,...
INDIA: Universal Basic Income Could Replace the System of Subsidies and Benefits at Hardly Any Cost.
In an interview on March 27th with journalist Govindraj Ethiraj from BOOM, Baijayant “Jay” Panda, a member of Indian Parliament representing the Biju Janata Dal Party, explains his view about the potential benefits of an Indian Universal Basic Income (UBI). “The 7.1%...
FINLAND: “Is a basic income feasible? An OECD perspective” (June 16)
Event at Kela with Herwig Immervoll, Senior Economist at the OECD.
UK: Green parties call for UBI in election manifestos
Greens demands steps towards a UBI, such as a government-sponsored pilot scheme.
UN: Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty urges ‘serious discussion’ of basic income
Panel on new UN report on basic income by Philip Alston, Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights.
The Netherlands: All that’s left is the action. Where do we stand with the experiments?
The permission to start the social assistance experiments depends on the political will of politicians at the national level. Despite obstructions, several municipalities are determined to continue with the experiments for the sake of that part of the population that...
Podcast: Uncovering the town that overcame poverty
There was once a town in Canada that essentially eliminated poverty, and everyone seemed to forget. One filmmaker is doing his best to shine a bright light on the research into this town.
OECD Releases Policy Note on Basic Income
“Basic Income as a Policy Option: Can it add up?” The OECD is skeptical.
Ben Mangan, “Will universal basic income end inequality? Maybe.”
Ben Mangan is the executive director of the Center for Social Leadership (CSSL) at UC Berkeley-Haas business school, as well as a lecturer there. He is also a senior fellow at the Aspen Institute. In a January 2017 article for TED, Mangan notes that universal basic...