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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Recent News, Opinion, and Research
Hugh Segal, basic income champion, would want others to carry baton for him, say supporters
"Hugh Segal, perhaps Canada’s most ardent defender of a basic income policy to lift people out of poverty, has died at 72. A Kingston resident, Segal was born in Montreal. His career included public service as chief of staff to prime minister Brian Mulroney and before...
Manufactured desperation (Mandatory Participation on Trial, Part 18)
The last post in my 18-part blog series, "Mandatory Participation on Trial," is now online. Here is the lead paragraph: According to Henry David Thoreau, “the mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.” I think it’s more accurate to say the mass of people lead lives...
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“The State Of The Art In Basic Income Policy” [Video Series]
FRIBIS welcomes you to the public lecture series on “The State Of The Art Of Basic Income Policy,” held and recorded in April and May 2023. Five researchers present their previously published papers, providing an in-depth look at their work. Professor Jurgen De...
It’s Basic: Guaranteed Income Works.
The Guaranteed Income Works national tour is underway! Following its debut at the Tribeca Festival in June, the new documentary, It’s Basic, is starting a 50-city national tour to show how guaranteed income can end poverty in the United States. In July, the tour...
Reflections on the UN Secretary-General’s New Agenda for Peace
By BIEN Executive Committee In July 2023, the Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN), António Guterres, launched his New Agenda for Peace, a landmark initiative for the UN and national governments to better respond to today’s challenges of international peace...
Launch of UBI Piloters Network
The UBI Piloters Network is proud to announce its launch in collaboration with the Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN), the University of Bath, and the University of Freiburg's Institute for Basic Income Studies (FRIBIS). The network unites researchers, policymakers,...
22nd BIEN Congress (August 23rd – 26th) in South Korea is coming soon!
The 22nd annual BIEN Congress, taking place in South Korea this year from August 23rd to 26th, is coming soon. Conducted synchronously offline and online, the event will be held at Ewha Womans University ECC, Seoul, South Korea. You can check the finalized version of...
How the UK Monarchy Cashes In On Our Seabed
Guy Standing, BIEN Co-Founder, has a new article published in Prospect, August/September 2023 issue. "The royal family has made millions from the exploitation of the seabed—a resource that belongs to us all. Is it time for people and planet to be put ahead of profit?"...
Podcast with Guy Standing on the moral imperative of UBI
The podcast was part of a series, The Morality of Everyday Things "After having previously said over and over that we'll "do UBI properly at some point", the time has come, and what better way to approach this question than including the man who quite literally wrote...
Signs of a possible movement towards Universal Basic Income in Nigeria?
by Chris Nwafor, BIEN Africa Hub Manager The current move by the Federal Government in Nigeria to pay 12 million poor households N8,000 naira (aprox. $12) per household monthly has caught media attention. Many consider it far removed from economic realities, as the...
Denver Basic Income Project presents Midterm Qualitative Research Report July 19
The Denver Basic Income Project’s Midterm Qualitative Research Report has been completed by its research team with the Center for Housing and Homelessness Research and the preliminary findings show that providing unconditional cash payments to the unhoused community...
Workshop – Basic Income Social Policies in Practice: Learnings from Maricá and Niterói in Dialogue with the Global North
Since the early 2000s, the emergence and continuous growth of cash transfer programs define the main stage in the discussion surrounding the future of social protection. While established first in Latin America, programs focussing on direct cash transfers have spread...