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Rural basic income ‘maximizes impact’ for society

by Guest Contributor | Mar 1, 2018 | Opinion

While a basic income limited to rural inhabitants would not be universally distributed, it would be universally available. Anyone could move to the countryside and automatically receive it.

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EUROPE: Council of Europe adopts resolution on basic income

by Andre Coelho | Feb 2, 2018 | News

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BARCELONA, SPAIN: Think Tank Publishes New Paper on City-Driven Basic Income

by Faun Rice | Dec 21, 2017 | Research

“Wise Cities & the Universal Basic Income: Facing the Challenges of Inequality, the 4th Industrial Revolution and...

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The New York Times acknowledges the Basic Income worldwide movement

by Sara Bizarro | Nov 18, 2017 | News

Peter S. Goodman, a veteran economics journalist, wrote a comprehensive piece about the recent Basic Income...

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SPAIN: XVII Simposium of Red Renta Básica

by Andre Coelho | Nov 16, 2017 | News

Íñigo Errejón, at the 7th Basic Income Simposium.   On the 2nd of November 2017, the city of Zaragoza (Spain)...

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SCOTLAND, UK: Nobel-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz cautions again Basic Income during BBC interview

by Kate McFarland | Nov 8, 2017 | News

In an interview with BBC News, Stiglitz warned that citizen’s income should not be the current priority of the Government of Scotland.

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New Zealand Poll Results

by Claire Bott | Oct 3, 2017 | News

Nearly 90% of respondents to a New Zealand-based poll stated that, assuming that the economy and nz stock market was...

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UK citizens tend to support UBI until funding mechanism specified, survey finds

by Kate McFarland | Sep 28, 2017 | News

Market research organization Ipsos MORI has released the results of new survey of Survey of 1,111 British adults, commissioned by the Institute for Policy Research at the University of Bath.

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TruthOut Interview with Jurgen De Wispelaere

by Sara Bizarro | Sep 20, 2017 | News

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Book Review: Basic Income as a ‘realistic revolution of the welfare state’

by Guest Contributor | Aug 21, 2017 | Opinion

Basic Income stabilizes the overall domestic consumption and provides a kind of regulation for the ratio between expenditures and savings.

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BARCELONA, SPAIN: Design of Minimum Income Experiment Finalized

by Kate McFarland | Aug 12, 2017 | News

In October 2017, the city of Barcelona, Spain, will launch a two-year experiment testing several variants of a guaranteed income and active policies to reduce poverty rates.

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HISTORY of UBI: From Hunter-Gatherers to the 21st Century

by Hilde Latour | Jul 17, 2017 | News

Investopedia published an article in May this year, “The Long, Weird History of Basic Income – And Why It’s Back” In...

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Karl Widerquist: “Universal Basic Income Is a Good Deal for People Who Like Capitalism”

by Hilde Latour | Jun 20, 2017 | News

Karl Widerquist, vice-chair (at the time of the interview he still was co-chair) of the Basic Income Earth Network...

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The Netherlands: All that’s left is the action. Where do we stand with the experiments?

by Florie Barnhoorn | Jun 2, 2017 | News

The permission to start the social assistance experiments depends on the political will of politicians at the national...

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A list of controversial claims on both side of the UBI debate

by Karl Widerquist | Jun 1, 2017 | Opinion, The Indepentarian

In the process of cowriting a book about the upcoming Unconditional Basic Income Trials, I've been trying to come up...

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Interview: Obama’s chief economist discusses skepticism of basic income

by Guest Contributor | May 11, 2017 | Opinion

Conrad Shaw interviews Jason Furman, Obama’s former chief economic adviser, on why he is skeptical of basic income.

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FINLAND: First Results from Pilot Study? Not Exactly

by Kate McFarland | May 10, 2017 | News

Kela remains on track not to publish any results of the experiment prior to 2019.

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Financing a UBI from existing benefits

by Guest Contributor | Mar 10, 2017 | Opinion

Under what conditions is targeting preferable, and when is universalization better?

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Stanford Panel: What do people do when they are given cash with no strings attached?

by Cordelia Holst | Mar 8, 2017 | News

The Stanford University Philosophy Department organized the first in a series of events focusing on aspects of...

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Basic Income as All-inclusive Democratic Subsidy

by Jason Burke Murphy | Feb 3, 2017 | Opinion

Freedom should not be understood as a mere absence of intervention or interference. On the contrary, freedom should be understand as independence over against any arbitrary authority.

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