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Review: Daniel Dorling, Injustice: Why social inequality persists

by Citizens' Income Trust | Jan 30, 2012 | Opinion

Daniel Dorling’s Injustice (reviewed in the Citizen’s Income Newsletter, edition 3 for 2010) has been reissued in paperback with a new foreword by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett and a new afterword by the author.

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Review of “Libertarianism Without Inequality” from 2005

by Karl Widerquist | Feb 14, 2005 | Opinion, The Indepentarian

Book review of “Libertarianism without inequality,” by Michael Otsuka14th February 2005, Oxford University Press,...

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What happened when basic income was finally tested

by youthscholars, Tyler Prochazka | Aug 2, 2026 | Opinion

From Cape Town to Seoul, basic income’s third decade became a story about people trying to make an old idea survive contact with real lives. Cash entered villages, researchers debated what it showed, and BIEN became a genuinely global movement.

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Basic Income and solving the polycrisis

by Doreen Nicoll | Aug 2, 2026 | News

The Basic Income Canada Network (BICN) is hosting the 2026 Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN)...

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Taiwan’s basic income debate is being fueled by the AI revolution

by Tyler Prochazka | Jul 11, 2026 | Opinion

Taiwan’s basic income debate is increasingly connected to who gains and loses from technology.

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Taiwan is moving toward a child basic income. It should not stop half way.

by Tyler Prochazka | Jun 22, 2026 | Opinion

President Lai’s NT$5,000 monthly child allowance proposal is not a full UBI. But it may be the clearest basic-income stepping stone Taiwan has yet put into mainstream politics.

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Worried About AI Taking Your Job? A UBI Taiwan Recipient Shares a Year Living with Basic Income

by BIEN Asia Pacific | Apr 28, 2026 | News

Reproduced with permission from Global Views Monthly. Original...

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Taiwan national legislators discuss youth basic income with BIEN’s chairman

by Tyler Prochazka | Oct 22, 2025 | News

Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan hosted Sarath Davala, chairman of the Basic Income Earth Network this month. He was joined...

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Countries Testing a Universal Basic Income in 2025

by Peter Knight | Sep 8, 2025 | News

"As global wealth inequality deepens and automation threatens to usher in a new form of technology-driven...

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Review of Malcolm Torrey’s latest book, Unconditional

by Peter Knight | Aug 29, 2025 | News

"Book Review European Journal of Social Security 1–2 © The Author(s) 2025 Article reuse guidelines:...

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Taiwan documentary shows how basic income changed a single mother’s life

by Tyler Prochazka | Aug 10, 2025 | News

UBI Taiwan premiered its documentary chronicling the life of a single mother who received unconditional financial support for two years.

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Youth Scholars debate basic income’s feasibility in China

by youthscholars | Jul 29, 2025 | Youth Scholars

As China explores solutions to youth employment, an academic debate regarding welfare expansion is growing in the...

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New York City Allocates $3 Million for Guaranteed Income Pilot Program in 2026

by Peter Knight | Jul 25, 2025 | News

"A major US city has allocated $3 million to a guaranteed income pilot program in the budget for the 2026 financial...

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UBI Youth Scholars define basic income

by youthscholars | Jul 25, 2025 | Youth Scholars

Is the core of basic income about the cash or about something more? In the summer 2025 cohort of BIEN's UBI Youth...

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Basic Income and Conditional Cash Transfers in Indonesia 

by youthscholars | Jul 18, 2025 | Youth Scholars

A new research report by BIEN's UBI Youth Scholars' researchers examines the strengths and limitations of Indonesia’s...

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Guyana’s $200,000 One-Off Cash Grant: A Step Forward, but More is Needed

by Peter Knight | Mar 17, 2025 | News

Photo by Adam Gethin on Unsplash "President Irfaan Ali’s recent announcement of a $200,000 one-off cash grant to every...

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Prof. David Nettle on Basic Income’s Workability

by Scott Jacobsen | Feb 20, 2025 | News

Prof. David Nettle is a researcher in the Evolution and Social Cognition team at the Institut Jean Nicod, Paris, and a...

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New study proves the feasibility of a European basic income

by Julen Bollain | Dec 17, 2024 | Research

A pioneering study has been published, providing the first comprehensive analysis of the financial feasibility of a...

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New book explores why and how guaranteed-income programs should be a social norm in the US

by Peter Knight | Jun 21, 2024 | News

"Natalie Foster believes in creating economic resilience for families. She says income inequality is a real problem;...

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Webinar: Towards a Universal Basic Dividend – 12:00 CEST June 13

by Sarath Davala | Jun 5, 2024 | Events, News

Earth for All: A Survival Guide for Humanity introduces Citizen Funds and a Universal Basic Dividend (UBD) as bold...

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