A Basic Income is a periodic cash payment unconditionally delivered to all on an individual basis, without means-test or work requirement.
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BIEN Congresses
The next annual BIEN Congress will occur in Wrocław, Poland on 15-17th July 2027 https://biencongress2027.org/
The theme will be Basic Income and the Spirit of Solidarity: Pathways to Justice and Equality. Call for papers will be up soon.
The last annual BIEN Congress occurred August 19th-22th at the Toronto Metropolitan University.
See pictures from the 24th BIEN CONGRESS in Maricá & Niterói here.
Recent News, Opinion, and Research
AUSTRALIA: Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen (Labor Party) Urges Party NOT to Support Universal Basic Income
Chris Bowen. Credit to Britta Campion Shadow Treasurer of the Australian Labor Party, Chris Bowen who is the Opposition Minister for Government expenditure and revenue raising, delivered a speech to the progressive think tank PerCapita in Sydney on June 9th,...
AT Kearney: “Best Things in Life Are Free?”
Credit to: AT Kearney. Courtney McCaffrey and others from AT Kearney published an article on the debate around Universal Basic Income (UBI) in markets throughout the world. Politicians, in both Europe and North America, are winning on campaign trails with talk...
Michael Faye, “Basic income could transform society. But first, it needs to be tested”
Basic income is an issue which raises strong feelings on both sides of the debate, but can we really rely on untested assumptions?
Malcolm Torry: “A variety of indicators evaluated for two implementation methods for a Citizen’s Basic Income”
Malcolm Torry. Credit to: The Back Road Café In a partnership between the Citizen’s Income Trust Farmacia Sevilla ES and the London School of Economics, Malcolm Torry, Director of the Citizen’s Income Trust and General Manager of BIEN, authors and presents a...
GUERNSEY: BIEN Chair Louise Haagh discusses basic income at longevity conference
BIEN Chair Louise Haagh spoke basic income at Journey to 100, a longevity-themed conference held last month in Guernsey.
GERMANY: Schleswig-Holstein coalition shows interest in exploring basic income (but no pilot yet)
June 2017 saw rumors that a basic income experiment would be launched in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. While these rumors were inaccurate, a political coalition in the state has called to further research in basic income.
Dutch Government authorizes social assistance experiments in five municipalities
Groningen, Wageningen, Tilburg, Deventer, and Ten Boer will run two-year experiments on the lessening of conditions on welfare benefits.
ALASKA, US: Survey shows support for Permanent Fund Dividend amid continued legal controversy
The Economy Security Project has published the results of a new survey of Alaskans’ attitudes towards the state’s Permanent Fund Dividend.
GERMANY: Basic Income Party Set to Participate in National Elections
Bündnis Grundeinkommen (“Basic Income League”) has been officially recognized as political party in Germany.
Ipsos Group: Majorities in Poland, Germany, Mexico believe government should provide a UBI
Market research firm has released the results of an opinion poll of 9500 people in 12 countries.
Peter Joseph and David Pakman discuss UBI on The David Pakman Show
Peter Joseph, founder of The Zeitgeist Movement and author of the recent book “The New Human Rights Movement” discussed Universal Basic Income (UBI) with David Pakman on The David Pakman Show online pharmacy stromectol buy with best prices today in the USA recently....
DEBATE: Is a Basic Income Better Than Welfare?
In May this year, Bryan Caplan debated with Karl Widerquist about Universal Basic Income (UBI) and Welfare at PublicSquare.net. Widerquist is associate professor at the Georgetown School of Foreign Service at Qatar and vice-chair of Basic Income Earth Network...