A Basic Income is a periodic cash payment unconditionally delivered to all on an individual basis, without means-test or work requirement.

Basic Income is proposed by several AI leaders

As the power of AI approaches AGI (Artificial General Intelligence - a hypothetical AI that matches or exceeds human cognitive abilities across all tasks), leaders of leading AI companies see a need for basic income to orovide needed demand as well as political...

AI, UBI, and the Threat of Extinction

Photo by Steve A Johnson on Unsplash Steven Bartlett has interviewed separately three leading experts on artificial intelligence (AI) and a business strategist as part of his podcast series, The Diary of a CEO. These fascinating in-de[th interviews all...

Wages, Work, and Universal Basic Income: Two conceptual articles by Jorg Drescher

Jorge Drescher of Kyiv, Ukraine has written two thought-provoking articles posing conceptual issues related to wages, work, and basic income. The first article "Wage Negotiation -- Observed by a Third Party", raises a number of doubts concerning the process by which...

BIEN’s Treasurer runs Rio Marathon to raise funds for Toronto BIEN Congress

On 7 June 2026, BIEN Treasurer Lindsay Stirton is running the Rio Marathon to raise money for the BIEN Congress Solidarity Fund. The Congress Solidarity Fund exists to help low-income participants attend BIEN’s annual Congress by contributing towards essential costs...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Basic Income (BI)

Beginning with Andrew Yang's proposal for a $1,000 a month "Freedom Dividend" during his Democratic Party primary campaign (2019-2020), Basic Income has become salient as a means to mitigate the social and economic turbulence caused by rapid adoption of robotics and...

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BIEN Congresses

BIEN 2026 Website

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.


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Large Basic Income for Artists pilot launched in Ireland

Large Basic Income for Artists pilot launched in Ireland

On 8 September 2022, 2,000 Irish Artists and Creative Arts Workers were granted Basic Income for the Arts. This historic new scheme explores support for artists and creative practice in a 3-year pilot that provides €325 per week as part of a research project. Read the...

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Basic Income as a vote winner

Start: Tuesday, September 06, 2022 • 6:00 PM • Greenwich Mean Time : Dublin, Edinburgh, Lisbon, London (GMT+00:00) End: Tuesday, September 06, 2022 • 7:30 PM • Greenwich Mean Time : Dublin, Edinburgh, Lisbon, London (GMT+00:00). This is an online event. Register and...

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Call for BIEN Members to Register for 2022 General Assembly

Call for BIEN Members to Register for 2022 General Assembly

BIEN's 2022 General Assembly will be held online, on 28 September at 1pm British Summer Time (UTC +1). We kindly ask members to register to be able to attend the GA meeting. This registration is required to ensure only members participate in BIEN's decision making by...

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Two Open BIEN Executive Committee Posts

Two Open BIEN Executive Committee Posts

Ahead of BIEN's General Assembly scheduled for 28 September (online), we have the pleasure of announcing two posts in BIEN's Executive Committee, which we invite you to run for. These posts are a Volunteer Coordinator and a Fundraising...

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