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A basic income (also called basic income guarantee, Citizen's Income, unconditional basic income, universal basic income (UBI), or universal demogrant[2]) is a form of social security[3] in which all citizens or residents of a country receive a regular, unconditional sum of money, either from a government or some other public institution, independent of any other income .
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In an interview with BBC News, Nobel Laureate economist Joseph Stiglitz warned that basic income (citizen’s income) should not be the current priority of the Government of Scotland. [ ... Continue reading ]
Giving money to American adults would grow the economy by 12.6% to 13.1%, a study has found. Image: REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo
A monthly check of $1,000 delivered to every American adult would grow the US economy by roughly $2.5 trillion over eight years, a new study found.
Conducted by the left-leaning Roosevelt Institute, the study investigated three strategies for implementing basic income, a form of wealth distribution that involves... Continue reading
Jordan Peterson, cultural #critic, #psychologist, and member of the Self Authoring online service, gave his #remarks on Universal Basic Income. His concerns seem to be largely drawn from a similar issue critics have with the idea, primarily in the face of leisure time: will people become lazy and unmotivated? Can #people handle a #life with none of the traditional #burdens...Continue reading
Tech startup fund Y Combinator has announced plans for a new basic income trial in the United States. The experiment could yield valuable new #insights regarding universal basic income's potential to address #job #loss due to #automation...Continue reading
Not all basic income #studies are true #social #science experiments...Continue reading
demand for public as well as non-profit programs providing services for lower-income individuals and families has also been growing rapidly>
The Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend shows how local business and thus the economy benefits from the unconditional incomes, yet this is only half of the story as business owners themselves also receive dividends...Read more
I think we should avoid letting our ideologies inform our opinions on matters of social and economic policy. What matters is scientifically observed evidence. I support the idea of providing everyone with an unconditional basic income not because I just think it’s the right thing to do, and the best way to make ongoing #technological #unemployment #work for us instead of against us, but because such an overwhelming amount of...Read more
NHK, Japan’s largest broadcasting organization, is going to air a short program on #UBI. The #program will be #broadcasted around 7.20 am during their morning #news program called ‘#Ohayo #Nippon (Good morning Japan)’...Read more
Can universal basic income funded by taxes be considered stealing from those who earned their money?...Read more
Consider for a moment that from this day forward, on the first day of every month, around $1,000 is deposited into your bank account – because you are a #citizen. This #income is #independent of every other #source of income and #guarantees you a monthly #starting #salary #above the #poverty #line for the rest of your #life...Read more
