A Basic Income is a periodic cash payment unconditionally delivered to all on an individual basis, without means-test or work requirement.
The Royal Society of Arts Explains: [2 minutes]
BIEN Congresses
The next annual BIEN Congress will occur in Wrocław, Poland on 15-17th July 2027 https://biencongress2027.org/
The theme will be Basic Income and the Spirit of Solidarity: Pathways to Justice and Equality. Call for papers will be up soon.
The last annual BIEN Congress occurred August 19th-22th at the Toronto Metropolitan University.
See pictures from the 24th BIEN CONGRESS in Maricá & Niterói here.
Recent News, Opinion, and Research
Review: Anton Jäger and Daniel Zamora Vargas, “Welfare for Markets: A global history of Basic Income”
The publisher describes this book as ‘an incisive, comprehensive history’ that ‘tells the story of how a fringe idea conceived in economics seminars went global’. First of all, Basic Income was not ‘conceived in economics seminars’: it was conceived by such...
The Impact of Basic Income Initiatives on Mental Health
By Beau Peters, Guest Contributor buy zyban online buy zyban online no prescription Income and mental health are integrally tied. Severe mental health disorders are 4.5 times more prevalent among children who grew up in poverty and folks who face housing insecurity...
Niels I. Meyer (1930-2023) – Obituary
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Open for Registration! – “Care & Gender – Potentials and Risks of UBI”
The FRIBIS Annual Conference 2023 from Oct. 09 – Oct. 11 will focus on Care & Gender as fundamental dimensions of human societies. It is dedicated to research, approaches and the possible interactions of care & gender in context of the Unconditional Basic...
Brazil’s President Lula’s declaration on Basic Income published in May 2023
In the eighth edition of Eduardo Suplicy’s book, Citizen’s Income: The Way out is through the Door (Renda de Cidadania: A Saída É Pela Porta) there is a dialog between Suplicy and now re-elected President Luis Inácio Lula da Silva on the occasion of Suplicy’s 80th...
Book Review: Basic Income: A Short Guide by Annie Miller
online pharmacy buy topamax no prescription Annie Miller, a co-founder of BIEN, has just published a new book, Basic Income: A Short Guide (Edinburgh: Luath Press). This is a clear, concise, and complete work that should be in the library of every supporter of basic...
Positive evaluation of basic Income pilot in Uganda
In August 2020 the Dutch NGO INclusion started a basic income pilot in the village Welle in Nebbi District in Uganda, together with Ugandan partner AFARD. All 350+ people of the village, adults as well as children, have received a basic income amounting to the...
South African civil society groups head to court to advance comprehensive social protection
by Kelle Howson and Neil Coleman The Institute for Economic Justice On 27 July 2023, a group of civil society organizations in South Africa launched a major social security litigation that has the South African government’s Ministry of Social Development and the...
Income To Support All Foundation
I'm excited to share that I'm now the Founder and President of the Income To Support All Foundation, a new non-profit whose purpose is to accelerate the implementation of unconditional universal basic income by just doing it and by telling the stories of those whose...
Hugh Segal, basic income champion, would want others to carry baton for him, say supporters
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Manufactured desperation (Mandatory Participation on Trial, Part 18)
The last post in my 18-part blog series, "Mandatory Participation on Trial," is now online. Here is the lead paragraph: According to Henry David Thoreau, “the mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.” I think it’s more accurate to say the mass of people lead lives...
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“The State Of The Art In Basic Income Policy” [Video Series]
FRIBIS welcomes you to the public lecture series on “The State Of The Art Of Basic Income Policy,” held and recorded in April and May 2023. Five researchers present their previously published papers, providing an in-depth look at their work. Professor Jurgen De...