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
Is It Time To Talk About Universal Basic Income?
Talk of a universal basic income has been in the news a lot recently, but what does it all mean?
United States: Air Force Veteran talks about his experience with basic income
A United States Air Force Veteran (1) is getting 1300 US$/month. He has been receiving this money from the Veteran Administration (VA) for almost three years. The transfer is unconditional, and is for life so, in a sense, it is like a basic income (as in defined at...
Call for Papers: The Politics of Universal Basic Incomes
27th International Conference of Europeanists - Council for European Studies Reykjavik, Iceland, June 22-24, 2020 This Call for Papers is interested in empirical studies that look at the social and political processes surrounding UBIs discussions, including pilot test...
Canada’s Child Benefit is basic income ‘hiding in plain sight’
In July 2016, the Liberal government of Justin Trudeau introduced Unconditional Basic Income to Canada and never mentioned it to anyone.
Basic Income March Expands to 10 Cities worldwide
The latest news from the organizers of the Basic Income March is that it has spread to 10 more cities, which will all have marches on October 26, 2019. In the organizers' words: Largest Ever March for Universal Basic Income Set for October 26 in New York City The...
Global March for UBI
A Global March for Universal Basic Income is setup to happen on the 26th of October 2019. Currently, ten cities in four countries are organizing a march on that date: United States: New York City, San Francisco, Chicago, Salt Lake Cityon, Honolulu, Orlando Germany:...
The Alaska Permanent Fund on an interactive news-documentary format
A new kind of news-documentary interactive presentation has been delivered by Frame, a digital newsmagazine that uses human-centered stories to illuminate key topics in the news. Its latest issue features the Alaska Permanent Fund, named "The Alaska Model". The piece...
Reykjavik, Iceland: International Conference of Europeanist – Panel on Politics of Universal Basic Income
A panel on Politics of Universal Basic Income is being summoned at the next 27th International Conference of Europeanists, which will be held in Reykjavik (Iceland), on the 22-24th of June 2020. For that purpose, a Call for Papers has been launched, and submissions...
New book reviews the Namibian Basic Income pilot
A new book looks back at the effects of Namibia's Basic Income pilot project on the villagers who received the grant. Publication information: Claudia & Dirk Haarmann, 2019, Basic Income Grant Otjivero, Namibia - 10 years. Windhoek, Namibia: Economic & Social...
Free version of the book, “Alaska’s Permanent Fund Dividend: Examining its Suitability as a Model” available for the first time
An early version of a book, Alaska's Permanent Fund Dividend: Examining its Suitability as a Model, is now available for free download on my personal website. A summary, from the first chapter of the book (2012), is reprinted below. If you want to cite or quote it,...
Basic Income Week Concludes With Events in 18 Countries on 5 Continents
Basic Income Week concluded on September 22 with events in 18 countries on 5 continents. The organizers released the following report on the events with a look ahead to a march next month and to Basic Income Week 2020: 1. updated participating countries' list 2. Call...
An outsider’s view of the Basic Income Congress
After a week of conversation at the 2019 BIEN Congress as an outsider to the movement, I want to record some thoughts.