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 24th BIEN CONGRESS in Maricá & Niterói – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – 27-29 August 2025
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BIEN2024 was August 29–31 (Pictures and more coming soon)
Recent News, Opinion, and Research
From Poverty to Hedge Fund Manager to Basic Income Advocate
Darryl Finkton, Jr. is a hedge fund manager turned community organizer. Raised in a poor black family in Indianapolis, Indiana, Darryl went on to graduate from Harvard College and Oxford University, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar. In his new book End Poverty....
South Africa’s RightfulShare wins recognition as an innovator
RighfulShare: An Income Movement is the first unconditional basic income transfer with GoodDollar in South Africa. The project is growing in strength, pioneering fairer income access bringing both resources and web3 solutions to the small town of Groblershoop in the...
Launch of Tijs Laenen’s book “The Popularity of Basic Income”
The official launch of Tijs Laenen's latest book The Popularity of Basic Income: Evidence from the Polls was held on November 16. During the event, he presented the book, followed by a critical discussion by Prof. Philippe Van Parijs (UCLouvain, Belgium), co-founder...
Basic Income and Climate Change
“Basic income is one of the necessary components of a global, national and regional policymix for socio-ecological transformation”, say Ronald Blaschke from Germany and Min Geum금민 from South Korea. Their memorandum “Basic income as a necessary component of a...
Revolutionizing Rural China: Shareholding Reforms as a Catalyst for Economic Empowerment
China's ongoing rural reforms are fostering practices akin to basic income, offering dividends to residents in the vast countryside. This development draws a parallel to the broader discussion of basic income within the context of China's social security system and...
Second UBI sense-making session on Hunome
UBI Lab Finland started building understanding on the many perspectives and possibilities of UBI (Universal Basic Income) on the Hunome ‘social 4.0’ platform (see more about Hunome and why we’ve started using it below). UBI Lab Finland is part of the worldwide UBI Lab...
Basic Income for the Arts in Ireland – What Have We Learned after 14 months?
"UBI Lab Arts, UBI Lab Leeds and UBI Lab Network, in association with Basic Income Ireland present: Please join us for the third in our special series of discussions dedicated to reflecting on what we can learn from the Irish Basic Income for the Arts Pilot Scheme, as...
Chinese youth ‘optimistic’ toward basic income
In a recent study conducted examining attitudes among Chinese youth towards basic income, notable findings emerged, highlighting both a lack of comprehensive understanding and a positive disposition towards the concept. The study, conducted through a questionnaire by...
Basic Income is taking a big step forward in Maricá
Photo: Maricá Mayor Fabiano Horta with São Paulo State Deputy Eduardo Matarazzo Suplicy Photo credit: Lucas Martins By Eduardo Matarazzo Suplicy It was very inspiring to attend a municipal meeting with thousands of people, residents of Maricá, a municipality of the...
2024 BIEN Congress: Call for Contributions
The Basic Income Earth Network Congress 2024 is being hosted at the University of Bath, UK from the 29th-31st of August 2024. The theme for the Congress is Reclaiming the Future: Basic Income and Socioecological Transformation. The event aims to...
Now worldwide: UBI4ALL Basic Income Initiative, Awarding €9,600
Image credit: the UBI4All logo is copyrighted by UBI4ALL and that permission for use has been granted. Dortmund, October 31, 2023] - UBI4ALL, a pioneering organization committed to advancing the concept of Unconditional Basic Income (UBI) worldwide, is thrilled to...
Life on Basic Income: Stories from Southern Ontario
Image credit: Wikimedia Commons https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Ontario.svg A Canadian research team recently presented a new report on the Ontario Basic Income pilot during a launch event organized by their community partners, the Hamilton Roundtable for...