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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United Kingdom: Compass think tank looks for coordinator to UBI Hub
Compass, a think tank based in the United Kingdom (UK), is looking for a Coordinator for the newly established Universal Basic Income (UBI) Hub. The aim of this position is to "increase the impact of all the good research and campaign work already happening on UBI in...
Portugal: Essay prize and congress in political science
The UBIEXP research group and the journal Ethics, Politics & Society (EPS), from the Centre for Ethics, Politics and Society, together with the Portuguese Basic Income association, invite submissions for a international essay prize competition on the following...
United States: New (online) UBI calculator
Go to ubicalculator.com and get an ideia of how universal basic income plans, as presented up to this moment in time (for the United States reality), affect you and/or your family. Given individual or household income, plus a few other datapoints, such as family...
The book, “The Ethics and Economics of the Basic Income Guarantee:” Free Version available
The Ethics and Economics of the Basic Income Guarantee (2005) edited by Karl Widerquist, Michael Anthony Lewis, and Steven Pressman, published by Publishing is availed in a free version at this link. This book available because most publishers allow authors and...
Robert Stayton: “Solar Dividends”
Undertitled "How solar energy can generate a basic income for everyone on Earth", this new book by Robert Stayton rides on an apparently radical idea: that all people on Earth can earn a basic income, financed from the generation of solar electricity alone. This comes...
United States: Presidential candidate Bill de Blasio chooses a Federal Jobs Guarantee over a UBI
Bill de Blasio. Picture credit to: UPI. Bill de Blasio, New York City mayor and Democratic Party candidate for the United States 2020 presidential elections, is firmly against Universal Basic Income (UBI). According to him, UBI is “woefully inadequate”, fearing it...
UBI Calculator ‘powerful’ tool for basic income
With help from an incredible team of software developers, economists, and supporters, we have created the UBIcalculator. The project has taken over a year to construct.
United States: Interview with Jonathan Herzog, Democratic Candidate for Congress in New York’s 10th District
Jonathan Herzog is a Democratic candidate currently running for US Congress in New York’s 10th District on a platform of Universal Basic Income.
The Future We Need
This is a guest post by Rahul Basu for The Indepentarian Blog. Welcome, Rahul. Author: Rahul Basu The Future We Need This is a comment on Karl Widerquist's excellent proposal for a People's Endowment. I'm a member of The Future We Need (TFWN), a global campaign to...
Plunder of the Commons: a manifesto for sharing public wealth
On wednesday, the 2nd October 2019, from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm, professor Guy Standing will be presenting his new book "Plunder of the Commons: a manifesto for sharing public wealth" at the London School of Economics (LSE) Joining him will be Caroline Lucas (MP for...
Canada: Research on advantages of Canada Child Benefit
New research on The Canada Child Benefit
United States: Another unconditional cash-transfer pilot project is launched
It's called the Workers Strength Fund, and is financially and operationally backed by Commonwealth, Google.org, the Rockefeller Foundation and Prudential Financial. This new organization is unconditionally giving $1000 to 500 (randomly selected) precarious workers...