Taiwan is making history by sending out a one-time universal cash payment of $6,000 New Taiwan dollars (NTD) to every...
Taiwan Makes History with Universal Cash Payment Plan
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FRIBIS Winter School with Phillipe van Parijs
The Freiburg Institute for Basic Income Studies (FRIBIS) is inviting you to the first FRIBIS winter school, entitled...
FRIBIS Annual Conference 2022
Basic income has become the subject of a lively and controversial debate in politics, civil society and academia. By...
A new book and report on UBI research in the UK
In August, 2022, a new book and a new report on UBI research in the UK were published. The book is The macroeconomics...
Two Open BIEN Executive Committee Posts
Ahead of BIEN's General Assembly scheduled for 28 September (online), we have the pleasure of announcing two...
This South Korean Presidential Election is Vital
There are rare moments when a combination of threatening circumstances leads to a wonderful transformation that only a...
Opinion: Time for a citizen dividend
Guaranteed income programs are popping up everywhere in the US. It is time to expand beyond local pilot programs and...
Taiwan holds first online basic income summit
After over a year of avoiding significant local COVID outbreaks, Taiwan experienced a scare in May with hundreds of...
‘The Tyranny of Merit’ by Michael J. Sandel
Book Review by Dr. Jan Stroeken Michael j. Sandel has written a book about the deep causes of the inequality that is a...
‘Forward to a better world!’ International Basic Income Week 2021 starts organizing
by Robin Ketelaars HistoryMatthias Dilthey called for a day of basic income in 2006, which unfortunately received...
‘Could a basic income support a circular economy?’ summary of the discussion on Basic Income Network Scotland
With the increase in research on the circular economy system, the basic income and circular economy relationship...
National Assembly in France decides to explore ‘Socle Citoyen’
Editor’s note: The use of the term ‘basic income’ or 'universal income' here does not correspond to BIEN’s definition...
Cost of Living: An interview with basic income documentarians
A new film is hoping to answer the question of whether life itself should be subsidized. Directors Sean Blacknell and Wayne Walsh have produced a new documentary “The Cost of Living” which discusses the mental and physical burden placed on those with unstable incomes and whether basic income is the right remedy.
‘Liberate our imagination’: Taiwan holds first basic income march
Taiwan held its first-ever basic income march on Sunday, attracting over 100 participants to rally in front of Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan. Current and former legislators joined the march led by UBI Taiwan, calling for greater discussion of a youth dividend and guaranteeing the right to a basic livelihood for all Taiwanese.
Central American States can and should move towards the implementation of a Universal Basic Income
By: Carlos Alvarado Mendoza y Jonathan Menkos ZeissigTranslation: Julio Linares The Spanish version of the article can...
Basic income is an ‘investment’ in the future
In the current turbulent times, there is a fierce debate emerging how cities should adjust to rapidly changing economic and technological trends. Smart City Education Inside invited two experts to discuss the prospect of cash transfers to enhance sustainability and provide equitable educational opportunities for students.
Why I March for Basic Income
Below is the a copyedited version of the speech I delivered at the Basic Income March, New York, October 26, 2019 in...
A short history of BIEN
The origins: an idea, a collective, a prize. In the Autumn of 1983, Paul-Marie Boulanger, Philippe Defeyt and Philippe...
Brazil: COVID-19, UBI, and ultraliberalism
The idea of a UBI was galvanized when governments promptly decided to extend the amount, coverage, and length of different sorts of monetary transfers to confront the gravity of the multiple crises created by the COVID-19 outbreak.
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean proposes Universal Basic Income
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, a regional organism of the United Nations Secretariat has...