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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Catalan Basic Income Pilot Scientific Committee Open Letter
The photo above is of President Aragonès (ERC) next to Salvador Illa (PSC) after ratifying the agreement on the Catalan anual budget. (C) Joan Mateu Parra. The Catalan Basic Income Pilot project, which plans to conduct one of the largest basic income experiments...
FRIBIS Summer School 2023 – Microsimulation and Social Welfare Maximization
"The workshop aims at offering young researchers (MSc, PhD) or more advanced scientists yet beginners in static modelling a rare and extensive introduction to the development of static microsimulation models and welfare analysis. The whole process, from research...
Video: Philippe van Parijs: A world in crisis: boost or damper for basic income?
Some argue that global warming, the Covid pandemic and the war in Ukraine strengthen the case in favour of the introduction of an unconditional basic income. Others argue instead that they shatter the prospect of introducing it in the foreseeable future. Who is right?...
More than 12,000 Californians are getting cash from guaranteed income experiments
Illustration above by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters; iStock "State and local governments, and some private funders, are launching dozens of pilot projects making direct, monthly payments to low-income residents to help meet basic needs. Researchers will study what...
Sign a Manifesto in support of the Catalonia UBI Pilot
The photo above is ofPresident Aragonès (ERC) next to Salvador Illa (PSC) after ratifying the agreement on the Catalan anual budget. (C) Joan Mateu Parra. The Spanish UBI Network has elaborated a short manifesto to support the Catalan UBI Pilot plan –which...
BIEN Co-Founder to speak on UBI at Brown University, March 2
Philippe Van Parijs, one of BIEN's founders, will take part in a discussion on "Universal Basic Income: Pathway to a More Humane Economy" to be held on Thursday, March 2, 2023 at 6:00 PM in Brown University's List Art Building in Providence, Rhode Island. The event is...
Basic Income featured in March 8 Cambridge conference
The Cambridge Trust for New Thinking in Economics (CTNTE) has announced its first conference since the global pandemic – Policies to Tackle the Cost of Living Crisis. Speakers will cover a range of topics and potential solutions to spiralling costs of living,...
BIEN job description/application for Latin American Hub Coordinator
BIEN is recruiting for a new paid position as Latin American Hub Coordinator. The deadline to submit applications is 1 March 2023. The Latin American Hub Coordinator will be responsible for formalizing BIEN structures and operations in Latin America with respect to...
Counties for a Guaranteed Income launches in the U.S.
Counties for a Guaranteed Income (CGI) is a coalition of county elected officials from across the United States working to ensure that all Americans have an income floor. Mirroring and complimentary to Mayors for a Guaranteed Income (MGI), CGI's approach is threefold:...
$500 a Month, No Strings: Chicago Experiments With a Guaranteed Income
An article in the New York Times published February 13 states that "For recipients, it’s a lifeline. For liberal supporters, it shows how expanding government can make a difference. For conservatives, it’s a return to wasteful welfare handouts." "Chicago and the...
First Crypto UBI Distribution, RightfulShare, Launches in South Africa
“We need a new approach to addressing poverty in South Africa. The current system is not working and we can no longer pretend that there will be enough jobs for everyone. By bringing visibility to the benefits of a digital basic income transfer, we’re expanding the...
Geoff Crocker critiques Martin Wolf re UBI
Martin Wolf of the Financial Times has a new book, The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism, in which he dismisses UBI very superficially. Geoff Crocker has posted a review in which he argues that Wolf's "summary dismissal of proposals such as basic income, which he calls...