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
Launch of the BIEN Conversations – why critical debate is more important than ever
In April BIEN’s Executive Committee agreed plans to respond to the growing public attention to basic income during the Covid crisis.
New European opinion poll on Basic Income
FEPS (the Foundation for European Progressive Studies) has published the results of a wide-ranging opinion survey: Across the EU14 a plurality of citizens support the idea of universal basic income. Respondents who fully agree (24%) and are somewhat supportive (22%)...
A corona is the halo of light during a solar eclipse
The coronavirus crisis can ensure a more balanced economy. Care and solidarity must support our economy and society.
More results of the Finnish experiment published
At a presentation on Wednesday 6th May, Kela, the Finnish social security agency, gave further results from the first year of its Basic Income experiment. The trial group was 2,000 randomly selected unemployed individuals who had their unemployment benefit made...
Webinars on recent developments
Universal Basic Income Europe is hosting Sunday afternoon webinars about recent developments around Europe. The webinar on the 3rd May was about the United Kingdom. For details of future events, see the UBIE website. .
Faun Rice: “The Global Turn to Cash Transfers”
Faun Rice, a former Basic Income News editor, has just posted an article on the new Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) (and the characteristics it shares with universal basic income). That article, called "The Global Turn to Cash Transfers", starts with a lucid...
The Corsica Assembly votes for a Negative Income Tax with a notional basic income
There is a translation of this article into French On 30 April 2020, the six political groups met through video conference to deliberate on a long-awaited report. Since 2017, an ad hoc committee has been studying the possible advantages and conditions for a Basic...
Microsimulation research on a Recovery Basic Income for the UK
The Institute for Social and Economic Research at the University of Essex has published new microsimulation research on the feasibility of a Recovery Basic Income in the UK, and on the feasibility of a continuing Basic Income after the current crisis is over:...
Germany: Half a million signatures for a 6 months Basic Income
As in other countries, the coronavirus shutdown makes the economic situation increasingly precarious for many people. For many, this is a sudden new experience, especially for self-employed people who have no reserves and do not receive short-time work...
Finland: Final results of Finland’s Basic Income Experiment released on May 6th
Finland's Basic Income Experiment was the world's first statutory, nationwide and randomized basic income experiment. That experiment, in which preliminary results have already been reported on, several research questions were asked: How did the Basic Income...
Coordinated activity in the United States
This weekend, April 24-26, the US Congress will be debating and probably voting on the CARES 2 Act, the next phase in the US government's response to the health and financial crisis brought on by the coronavirus. A coalition has been formed, under the leadership of...
UBI Europe webinars
UBI Europe is to hold webinars. They say this about them: Europe and the world under the siege of a virus: Difficult days to cope with for the most of us. At the same time, we begin to realise – the world might never be again like before the epidemic. Will Basic...