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
A webinar hosted in India on the 7th August
The organisers say this about the webinar: The Web Lecture is being delivered by Professor Guy Standing, Professorial Research Associate, SOAS, University of London; Co-founder and Co-President, Basic Income Earth Network and Former Director of ILO's Socio-Economic...
A Canadian Sayout newsletter article about Basic Income
The Canadian Sayout newsletter has printed an article about Basic Income: ... At present government is paying out vast sums of money. In effect, we have a new and large-scale experiment by government in directly providing people with incomes. This gives us some...
South Africa to Replace Emergency Coronavirus Cash Transfer with Basic Income Grant
There is a translation of this article into French On 21 April 2020, President Ramaphosa announced a 500 Billion Rand relief package in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The package included top-ups for existing cash transfer recipients and the introduction of an...
The third Basic Income Conversation
BIEN has published its third Basic Income Conversation, this time about Brazil. In this conversation, Lena Lavinas and Leandro Ferreira debate the Covid pandemic, Brazil's response, and their relationship to the Basic Income debate. https://youtu.be/IfD7DbrDieA
An analysis of a Basic Income scheme proposed for the UK
There is a translation of this article in French. Karl Widerquist and Georg Arndt have written an article in which they evaluate a particular Basic Income scheme for the UK: 'The Cost of Basic Income in the United Kingdom: A Microsimulation Analysis’ The article can...
A brief review of ‘The Cost of Basic Income in the United Kingdom: A Microsimulation Analysis’ by Karl Widerquist and Georg Arndt
There is a translation of this review in French The article by Widerquist and Arndt can be read here; and a pdf can be downloaded here. Widerquist and Arndt use microsimulation analysis to estimate that the net cost of a poverty-level Basic Income for the United...
Basic Income Week: Freedom to Choose
September 14, 2020, is the kickoff day for the 13th International Basic Income Week (IBIW). Our goal is to have a coordinated global effort and a big presence in many countries. As the banner indicates, this year's motto will be ‘Freedom to Choose’. 2020 has presented...
UN Secretary General proposes Basic Income
There is a translation of this article into French. On the 18th July the Secretary General of the United Nations gave the annual Nelson Mandela Lecture. People want social and economic systems that work for everyone. They want their human rights and fundamental...
South Africa: A talk by Guy Standing
On the 30th July Guy Standing will be addressing a zoom meeting hosted in South Africa on the subject The case for a Basic Income in a time of pandemics. Registration details can be found below.
Another video: The case for Basic Income
The website 'The case for Basic Income' has published a video of the same name. To visit the website, go to ubi.org; and to contact the publisher, geoff.crocker@ubi.org https://youtu.be/O-rlGQC-AJ4
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.
Canadian artists call for an income guarantee
75,000 artists have signed a letter calling on the Canadian government to implement an income guarantee. We, the undersigned, are calling upon the Government of Canada to honour itscommitment to poverty reduction and instate a Basic Income Guarantee tomake a historic...