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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Recent News, Opinion, and Research
Summary of Conference on Welsh Basic Income Pilot
The Wales Centre for Public Policy (WCPP) were commissioned by Welsh Government officials, to hold a conference for academics working in the fields of basic income and children’s social care. The conference was held virtually on December 15th 2022 and was well...
Basic Income North 2023 Conference
The Basic Income Society and How to Get There 1:15-4.15 PM, Thursday 20 July Event link is here Update July 12: We have changed our plans for the conference because of the rail strike on Thursday 20th July. We will postpone the in-person Basic Income North conference...
Geoff Crocker’s Critique of “Power and Progress”
"Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity", by Simon Johnson & Daron Acemoglu (two well-known MIT economists), is critiqued by BIEN member Geoff Crocker who argues that this book, just published in May 2023, presents a...
Registration now open for the 22nd BIEN Congress this August in South Korea
The 22nd BIEN Congress: Basic Income in Reality Date: 23-26 August Venue: offline (Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea) & online (https://biencongress2023.virtualseoul.or.kr/) Organizer: Basic Income Korea Network (BIKN) Co-hosts: 22nd BIEN Congress Local...
The Politics of Basic Income in South Africa – June 8 Webinar
On 8 June 2003 you can participate in a Zoom webinar entitled "The Politics of Basic Income in South Africa: Perspectives, Strategies, and Realities" sponsored by BIEN and four other organizations.The webinar will begin at 17:00 SAST (GMT+2) and feature as Guest...
Unified Basic Income: A Viable Solution for Israel and Palestine?
While the proposition may appear daunting, the exploration of Universal Basic Income (UBI) for both Israelis and Palestinians is certainly worthwhile. Given the sustained conflicts in the region — from bombings in Gaza to raids in villages — and the current Israeli...
Webinar June 8 – Social Protection for Sustainable Blue Food Systems
BIEN Co-Founder Guy Standing and author of the book The Blue Commons: Rescuing the Economy of the Sea (Penguin, 2022) will be a panelist in a webinar organized by Food Systems Summit Coalition and USP2030 Working Group on Social Protection and Food Systems...
A ballot initiative in Oregon is making progress towards establishing a state UBI
May 23, 2023 Press Release In Oregon, a ballot initiative is making progress towards establishing a statewide Universal Basic Income. Portland, OR — The Oregon Rebate (IP 2024-017) ballot initiative campaign has announced early success in collecting the...
Basic Income for the Arts in Ireland – What have we learned after 8 months?
What? Basic Income for the Arts in Ireland – What have we learned after 8 months? When? Wednesday 7th June 2023 6:30pm – 8pm BST, Where? Online: You can register for the event here. UBI Lab Arts, UBI Lab Leeds and UBI Lab Network, in association with Basic Income...
New book: The Popularity of Basic Income – Evidence from the Polls
How popular is basic income among the general public and different groups within it? Although many argue that this question is hugely important for the political feasibility of public opinion, the current scientific evidence is very much scattered. This book provides...
How can we pay for UBI? Is Sovereign Money the Solution?
UBI Lab Leeds and UBI Lab Network invite you to this thought-provoking webinar. Geoff Crocker proposes to use Sovereign Money. He will discuss his proposition with Malcolm Sawyer who is a retired professor of economics from the University of Leeds and a critic of the...
FRIBIS Announces Annual Conference 9-11 October
This year’s FRIBIS Annual Conference will take place in Freiburg, Germany from 9 to 11 October and will focus on the topic "Care and Gender – Potentials & Risks of UBI". Over the past few decades care work and the social dimension of gender have increasingly...