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With the social and financial damage COVID-19 has done to worldwide economies, Germany will experiment with universal basic income over a three year period with 120 volunteers. The experiment will be conducted by the German Institute for Economic Research and funded by 140,000 individuals’ private donations.

Germany will provide the citizens a monthly stipend of €1,200, or about $1,430, which is just above the country’s poverty level. These citizens will be compared to 1,380 other German citizens not receiving universal basic income (UBI).

According to Business Insider, BUI is “the idea that a government should pay a lump sum of money […]

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Imagine living in a arid environment that cannot sustain many animals or vegetation. You’re in a small community that uses a mix of farming and harvesting for food resources. It’s also over 100 miles to get to any other village, by foot due to the bad terrain. In this environment, you all manage to get just enough food and water to keep everyone alive and relatively healthy given the circumstances. Yet in the last drought several people in the community died, luckily this year isn’t quite as bad.

Scarcity

It likely goes without saying, but in these types of […]

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JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA – MARCH 2: The Constitutional Court in Johannesburg, South Africa, photographed on March 2, 2012. The Constitutional Court of South Africa is Johannesburg’s newest historical landmark and a unique architectural symbol of South Africa’s democracy. (Photo by Gallo Images / Foto24 / Nicolene Olckers) Less This week sees two days being marked internationally while, in South Africa, local events focus on Heritage Day, climate change and economic development.

In an address celebrating Heritage Day in 1996, former president Nelson Mandela said:

“ When our first democratically elected government decided to make Heritage Day one of our […]

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TWO opposition parties last week opposed a proposed basic income grant (BIG) of N$500 per month.

The Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) and the Landless People’s Movement (LPM) were not moved by the Basic Income Grant Coalition’s motion.

In a statement issued last week, the coalition urged the government to introduce a monthly grant of N$500 for all Namibian citizens between the ages of 19 and 59 – 11 years after a pilot project in the Omaheke region was completed.The proposed grant would be available to both the employed and unemployed.“We demand that the government meets its obligation as per Article […]

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Governments have spent large sums of money to protect the most vulnerable in society, but might a universal basic income have been a better response? Such a policy could bring many benefits – but it would be an expensive way to reduce poverty and support the most needy.

The depth of the Covid-19 recession risks exposing large numbers of people to poverty. Economic activity has plummeted and millions of jobs are at risk. The government has spent an unprecedented amount on policies to help to mitigate the worst effects of the crisis, particularly for the most vulnerable in society. […]

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Chief Executive of Social Security Scotland, David Wallace, Cabinet Secretary for Social Security, Shirley-Anne Somerville and leader of Dundee Council, John Alexander. Last Wednesday, it was revealed Social Security Scotland had signed a 20-year lease on the Waterfront location of Site 6, the Earl Grey Building.

Whichever manner in which we citizens of Dundee choose to perceive the structure, there is no doubt this is outstanding news for our city.

The economic value of their habitation is estimated at about £100 million and they now have the potential capacity to employ 900 staff in Dundee, many of whom are yet to […]

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Toronto, ON, September 21, 2020 – As the government puts the finishing touches on its upcoming Speech From the Throne, Canadians have weighed in on their priorities for the next session of parliament. According to a new Ipsos poll conducted on behalf of Global News, from among a list of twelve possible priorities, the top two for Canadians – by a significant margin – are immediate health measures to fight the pandemic (33%) and getting Canadians back to work (26%). Rounding out the top five are a plan to reduce the budget deficit (18%), putting together a longer-term universal […]

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100 people rallied at the south grounds of the Alberta legislature’s bandshell Saturday for government to introduce a universal basic income.

Event organizer Dana Wylie says she got involved with basic income after COVID-19 hit.

“I felt like because COVID brought us face to face with the fact that stuff happens that is beyond anybody’s control, that profoundly affects peoples’ lives. And yes the government stepped up and helped but what that made me realize is that this happens to families all the time,” Wylie said.“I felt like because COVID brought us face to face with the fact that stuff happens […]

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