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Wales could become the test-ground for a Universal Basic Income under plans outlined tonightGiving everyone a minimum amount of cash, regardless of their personal wealth, has been […]

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The grant has been paid to unemployed people for the past six months as part of a R500 billion economic and social support package. Picture: Bongani Mbatha/African News Agency(ANA) Durban – While millions of beneficiaries of the R350 Covid-19 social relief of distress (SRD) grant are waiting with bated breath to find out whether the government will permanently continue with it, economists believes the country can’t afford it.

The grant has been paid to unemployed people for the past six months as part of a R500 billion economic and social support package announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa in April.

There were […]

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Sorry, cynics. Turns out your worldview isn’t cool anymore. Dutch historian Rutger Bregman’s new book ‘Humankind: A Hopeful History’ proposes the radical idea that most people are decent. The 32-year-old hope-peddler — whose research has given ‘Sapiens’ author Yuval Noah Harari “a new perspective on humanity” — talks Sharmila Ganesan Ram into trying optimism by comparing “Homo puppies” with not-so-friendly animals
You say most people are decent. Have you not heard of Twitter?
(Laughs) But you have to remember that the algorithm of Twitter pushes outrage. So, the things that seem nasty get pushed to the top […]

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Most Australians believe that nobody deserves to live in poverty (Image via Pixabay) There is a way to eradicate poverty in Australia, writes Adrian McMahon . We just need the will.

TWO STATISTICS present a contradictory picture of Australian society. The first is that 86% of Australians agree with the statement that ‘nobody deserves to live in poverty’ . The second is that 13.6% of the Australian population lives in poverty (3.2 million people) — including 17.7% of children under the age of 15 (774,000 children).

The statistic of 13.6% living in poverty is for 2017-18 — the latest year […]

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Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. REUTERS/Blair Gable For 12 months, a select group of homeless people in Canada received a total of $7,500 in cash payments, no strings attached.

The initiative was part of the New Leaf project, a joint study into the effects of giving people in poverty a "basic income" as a means of rehabilitation.

One researcher called the results of the study "beautifully surprising," as participants could finally purchase higher-quality food and find stable housing. Leaders should take these findings seriously, and reflect on how they can better serve their employees’ needs through direct, humanistic […]

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For 12 months, a select group of homeless people in Canada received a total of $7,500 in cash payments, no strings attached.

The initiative was part of the New Leaf project, a joint study into the effects of giving people in poverty a «basic income» as a means of rehabilitation.

One researcher called the results of the study «beautifully surprising,» as participants could finally purchase higher-quality food and find stable housing. Leaders should take these findings seriously, and reflect on how they can better serve their employees’ needs through direct, humanistic action. Free money, it seems, pays off.On […]

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For 12 months, a select group of homeless people in Canada received a total of $7,500 in cash payments, no strings attached.

The initiative was part of the New Leaf project, a joint study into the effects of giving people in poverty a "basic income" as a means of rehabilitation.

One researcher called the results of the study "beautifully surprising," as participants could finally purchase higher-quality food and find stable housing. Leaders should take these findings seriously, and reflect on how they can better serve their employees’ needs through direct, humanistic action. Free money, it seems, pays off.On […]

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Here’s how to make sure your vote counts in WA state

Benton County Auditor Brenda Chilton explains how voters can make sure their vote is counted in the upcoming elections by registering early, checking signatures and mailing or dropping off ballots well in advance. By Jennifer King captions and subtitles off, selected

Benton County Auditor Brenda Chilton explains how voters can make sure their vote is counted in the upcoming elections by registering early, checking signatures and mailing or dropping off ballots well in advance. By Jennifer King Matt Boehnke is looking for his second term representing District 8 […]

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The results of the experiment have been described as "beautifully surprising". Image: Getty Homeless people given a one-time cash transfer of C$7,500 (AU$7,900) spent fewer days homeless and ultimately saved the Canadian shelter system C$8,100, in what has been described as a “beautifully surprising result”.

Vancouver-based charity, the Foundation for Social Change, partnered with the University of British Columbia to identify 50 people who had recently fallen into homelessness and give them the one-off payment, before studying their spending habits over the next year.

Participants were identified as not struggling with significant mental health or substance abuse issues.The study, called the […]

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