Angela Constance, Cabinet Secretary for Communities, Social Security and Equalities of the Scottish government...
SCOTLAND: Scottish Government provides £250k to support feasibility work on BI pilots
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Universal Basic Income and the Duty to Work
What should a government faced with an unmanageable level of unemployment do when conventional policy has failed to resolve the issue?
AUSTRALIA: Alfred Deakin Institute Policy Forum – The Future of Work and Basic Income Options for Australia
Jon Altman and Eva Cox. Credit to: Alfred Deakin Institute (Deakin University, Melbourne) The Alfred Deakin...
Italy: Basic Income Network Italy releases new book “Guaranteed income and technological innovation, between algorithms and robotics”
Basic Income Network – Italy has just released a new book: "Guaranteed income and technological innovation,...
UBI needs peers (PT 2): Re-imagine work organization
Re-organizing work in such a way so that people want to contribute, but without being forced by the necessity to earn a living, should become part of the UBI movement’s agenda.
Kamerade-Hanta and Bennett, “Rewarding work: cross-national differences in benefits, volunteering during unemployment, well-being and mental health”
“Although individuals can boost one dimension of their own well-being (feeling that their life is worthwhile) by exercising their agency through engaging in work that is an alternative to paid work, such engagement without any financial support can also damage their mental health.”
VIDEO: Citizen’s Basic Income Network Scotland meeting in Kelty, Fife
Citizen’s Basic Income Network Scotland (CBINS), BIEN’s Scottish affiliate, held its second public event in Kelty, Fife, on January 28, 2017.
VIDEO: UK’s Work and Pensions Committee oral evidence on basic income (summary of content)
(From left to right: Louise Haagh, Annie Miller, Becca Kirkpatrick, Ben Southwood) As reported recently, a formal...
NGO launches lifetime basic incomes in Brazilian village, founds collaborative “projects network”
In January 2016, ReCivitas launched a new initiative, Basic Income Startup, which aspires to resume the Quatinga Velho basic income payments and make them lifelong. Its new initiative, the Basic Income Projects Network, aims to bring together other NGOs that wish to start their own privately-funded basic income pilots.
The Greater Happiness for the More Workers: Basic Income vs Job Guarantee Pt 2
A UBI does not prevent individuals from working and would benefit the minority of individuals who do fare better outside of traditional employment.
GERMANY: UBI workshop held during International Peace Bureau congress
The International Peace Bureau held its 2016 World Congress in Berlin, Germany from September 30 through October 3. This year, the congress included a panel discussion on universal basic income.
Ursula Huws, “The way we work is changing, but the welfare state hasn’t kept pace”
A universal basic income is a possible solution to the “fluid, just-in-time conditions of 21st-century labour markets,” according to scholar and researcher Ursula Huws.
SWITZERLAND: Future of Work conference videos online
The Future of Work congress was held in Zurich on May 4, 2016 to discuss ways to adjust society in the face of rapid...
AUDIO: New Work Order podcast featuring Scott Santens
The London-based New Work Order is a group for self-directed individuals building careers outside of the mainstream....
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND: Unfurling of the world’s biggest poster reading, “What Would You Do if Your Income Were Taken Care of?” May 14, 2016
The Swiss campaign has announced that it will unfurl the word’s largest poster with the biggest question in the world in Geneva, on May 14th, 2016.
Simplifying childcare benefits
By Mark Wadsworth The Citizen's Income Trust has suggested replacing Child Tax Credits and Child Benefit with a higher...
QUÉBEC: Minister of Employment appointed to work on basic income
BIEN member François Blais has been appointed back as Minister of Employment and Social Solidarity and tasked to work on Guaranteed minimum income.
Swiss politicians reject basic income because they are scared of humans
By Che Wagner Originally published in German in the Swiss online newspaper Tages Woche. Translated by Matthias...
Caitlin McLean, ‘Beyond Care: Expanding the Feminist Debate on Universal Basic Income’
In this paper, Dr Caitlin McLean demonstrates 'how a multi-dimensional perspective on gender equality strengthens the...
Kristin Eberhard, “Can we create a world that works for all if the elites in charge don’t want us to?”
Eberhard discusses policy preference differences between ‘elites’ and the general public in the U.S., highlighting how...