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
100 Pilots: Guaranteed Income Achieves Historic Milestone in the U.S.
In September, 2022, the Economic Security Project (ESP) announced that it had hit a milestone of 100 guaranteed income pilots announced nationwide. See a two-minute video celebrating this achievement here. In 2017, ESP helped launch pilots in Stockton, CA and Jackson,...
UBI Has Been Tested Repeatedly–Will America Ever Embrace It?
The Washington Post Magazine published an article by Megan Greenwell on guaranteed income pilots and support for UBI in the United States on 24 October 2022. You can read the article here.
Basic Income March & Day of Action 2022
Highlights of the 4th International Basic Income March held 24th September 2022 can be viewed in this video.
100 U.S. Mayors, 100 Pilots: Guaranteed Income Now
The 2022 Guaranteed Income Now summit was an opportunity to mark the movement’s recent progress — there are now officially 100 mayors who have joined Mayors for a Guaranteed Income and 100 pilots announced in the United States. The 2-day summit in Atlanta brought...
Dutch guaranteed income pilot shows reduced financial stress
My name is Jonathan Berg. I have been working as a medical anthropologist doing research with people living in poverty and marginalization since 2012. I currently work at the Erasmus University. In the past few years I have been involved as a researcher with an...
Bristol Ideas Conference October 12: Back to Basics
Leading thinkers, politicians and policymakers come together to debate and explore basic income pilots, macro-economic models, the prospects for basic income in developing economies, and political economy of social and economic change. Join Bristol Ideas for ‘Back to...
FRIBIS Annual Conference 2022
Basic income has become the subject of a lively and controversial debate in politics, civil society and academia. By questioning the fundamental assumptions of our social interaction, it challenges us to redefine the way we want to live together. At Basic Income and...
BIEN 2022 Congress – Roundup
September 28 marks the end of a resoundingly successful BIEN 2022 Congress. With more than fifty sessions taking place over the course of three days, the 2022 edition has been host to landmark discussions on the growing Basic Income movement worldwide. The key themes...
BIEN 2022 Congress: Day 1 Summary
Today saw an electric start to BIEN2022, a coming-together of the world’s most dynamic thinkers, activists and ideas focused on the understanding and promotion of Basic Income. Following the success of 2021’s Congress help in Edinburgh, Scotland, the 2022...
Newly Released: Basic Income and Local Government; A Guide to Municipal Pilots in the US
The Stanford Basic Income Lab, National League of Cities and Guaranteed Income Community of Practice have just released Basic Income and Local Government; A Guide to Municipal Pilots. This guide consolidates learning and spotlights principles, insights, and emerging...
Cook County, Illinois (includes Chicago) launching 2-year guaranteed income pilot
At a press conference on September 14th, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle publicly announced the landmark Cook County Promise Guaranteed Income Pilot. This is the largest publicly funded guaranteed income program in the US. The County will provide $500...
Basic Income Pilot for Homeless in Denver, Colorado
For one year, Denver will provide 140 people experiencing homelessness $12,000 with no strings attached as part of a program testing universal basic income. Read the details here,