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New Report on Cambridge MA Guaranteed Income Pilot
“In September 2021, Mayor Sumbul Siddiqui and the Cambridge Community Foundation launched the Cambridge Recurring Income for Success & Empowerment (RISE) guaranteed income (GI) pilot. Designed to...
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CLARISSA Social Protection Intervention: preliminary findings
“This note documents preliminary findings from the trial of an innovative social policy intervention for tackling poverty, improving well-being, and addressing the causes of the worst forms of child...
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British farmers call for a “UBI” for farmers
Note: What the farmers are asking for does not meet the BIEN definition of a Basic Income since it is restricted to farmers. “ Farmers are calling for the government to grant them a universal basic...
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Guy Standing talk in China: Rentier Capitalism, the Precariat and Basic Income
Photo: Ye Jiabin and Guy Standing Throughout history, capitalism has evolved, changing character and changing the class structure defining each era. The changes in the 20th century can be understood by...
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Not That Basic (The Documentary) – Short teaser
A Croudfunding campaign to complete the film will be launched May 1. To view the teaser, click here. Not That Basic (The Documentary) – Short teaser
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Flint, Michagan, Pilot for Mothers
Rx Kids launched their pilot this January 2024 where every person who gives birth in Flint, MI will receive a basic income during late stage pregnancy, $1,500 (lump-sum), and the first year of their...
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Guaranteed Income Is Sweeping the Nation. Will It Last?
“Since the pandemic, over 200 guaranteed-income experiments launched across the United States. The Mellon Foundation backed one of them, providing $115 million to support 2,400 New York artists.” To...
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Brookings Institution study on Hollywood writers strike re AI
Photo by Andrea De Santis on Unsplash “In some ways, the writers’ success reflects something of a best-case scenario. They were organized in a highly effective union, in a unionized industry, in a...
View ArticleBasic income as a necessary component of a socio-ecological transformation
“The dominant economic model is destabilizing societies. And the planet. It is time for change It is time for a basic income, too. A memorandum signed worldwide by 39 renowned scientists and activists...
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FRIBIS Lecture Series – Can a Basic Income Grant Reduce Violence?
“Event Title: FRIBIS Lecture Series – Can a Basic Income Grant Reduce Violence? Evidence from Namibia, Kenya, and Uganda Date & Time: April 23, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM Format: Online Event Organizers:...
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Seattle Pilot doubles employment rates
Photo by Darpan on Unsplash Note: Like many pilot programs, this one does not meet the BIEN definition of basic income because it is not universal for residents in its geographic region. “A...
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Call for Papers: FRIBIS Annual Conference 2024: Towards the Development of a...
“The FRIBIS Annual Conference 2024 focuses on partial basic income models and their implementation into various welfare systems. By examining feasible designs of partial basic income, the conference...
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Money as Medicine – New England Journal of Medicine
Photo by Towfiqu barbhuiya on Unsplash An article by Eric Reinhart, M.D. has been published this month. Teaser: “What the expanded child tax credit essentially did, at a cost of $128 billion over 1...
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Emergency basic income: Distraction or opportunity
“This themed issue, guest-edited by Jurgen De Wispelaere and Troy Henderson, is devoted to examining, first, whether the widespread use of immediate and unconditional cash transfers as a policy...
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New video on UBI and the cost of living crisis in the UK
Neil Howard has just published a new video on UBI and the cost of living crisis, that the Green Party in the UK have also shared a version of. You can see the video here and on social media here. New...
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Free cash programs spread in the United States
“Across the country, city-led guaranteed income programs are delivering unrestricted payments to struggling households, including those ineligible for other aid. Conservative critics are pushing back....
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11 U.S. states with guaranteed basic-income programs
Photo by Ioann-Mark Kuznietsov on Unsplash Note: These pilot programs do not meet BIEN’s definition of basic income. “Ingrid Sullivan, 48, used her cash from the San Antonio guaranteed basic-income...
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Rentier Capitalism, the Precariat and Basic Income for China
Throughout history, capitalism has evolved, changing character and changing the class structure defining each era. The changes in the 20th century can be understood by reference to what Karl Polanyi...
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Emergency basic income: Distraction or Opportunity – May 16th at 4pm
Jurgen De Wispelaere and Francesca Bastagli will explore the implications of Emergency Basic Income (EBI) for social protection systems and its relationship to Universal Basic Income (UBI). They will...
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We’ll need universal basic income – AI ‘godfather’
Photo by Possessed Photography on Unsplash “The computer scientist regarded as the “godfather of artificial intelligence” says the government will have to establish a universal basic income to deal...
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