Tacoma guaranteed income program to accept applications in early summer: Who can apply

Tacoma guaranteed income program to accept applications in early summer: Who can apply

The project will give 100 families $500 a month for a year. Applicants will have to meet specific income criteria to apply. Editor’s note: The above video is from previous reporting on Tacoma’s guaranteed income program. This video aired in December of 2020.

TACOMA, Wash. – Tacoma Mayor Victoria Woodards announced the next steps in a guaranteed income demonstration set to take place in late summer 2021 alongside other organizers of the program.

The program, titled GRIT – Growing Resilience in Tacoma , will provide $500 a month to 100 families for a year. Organizers are hoping to start the […]

‘Rethink capitalism’ says Thuli Madonsela — activists and academics unite to call for Basic Income Guarantee

Social Justice Chair at Stellenbosch University Professor Thuli Madonsela. (Photo: Gallo Images / Esa Alexander) Thuli Madonsela describes the call for a Basic Income Grant as ‘returning to Ubuntu… If I invest in you I am investing in myself. As a country, we are stronger when everyone amongst us is strong.’ In a webinar yesterday Madonsela also called for an urgent need for ‘rethinking capitalism’, noting that a secure ‘income is the basis for every other human right’.

With only one day left in April, the clock on food security is rapidly ticking towards midnight for the six […]

Denver entrepreneur wants to test a monthly basic income for the city’s homeless – Denver, Colorado

Denver entrepreneur wants to test a monthly basic income for the city’s homeless – Denver, Colorado

Mark Donovan said he saw people unemployed and lost their salaries during the pandemic, but his bank account balance only rose. He started giving out money in Denver.

Donovan, the entrepreneur and founder of Bali-based Wooden Ships clothing company, wants to take the newly established Denver Basic Income project one step further.

In a fairly unique move, Donovan wants to pay a lump sum of $ 6,500 to those who are experiencing homelessness and then $ 500 a month for the next year.He has been blessed by Mayor Michael Hancock of Denver, but a spokesman for the mayor said the project […]

Sudan’s basic income scheme aims to ease economic pain

Sudan's basic income scheme aims to ease economic pain

For Intisar Altayib, who ekes out a living drawing henna tattoos in Khartoum, soaring prices in Sudan mean running up tabs at local stores and cutting back on evening feasts during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

She is one of millions struggling through an economic crisis that has deepened as Sudan tries to emerge from decades of isolation and conflict. Inflation has risen to more than 340% and there are shortages of everything from power to medicines.

To ease the pain of reforms the government is introducing a donor-funded scheme that aims to provide a temporary $5 basic monthly income […]

Sudan Introduces Basic Income Scheme for Nearly All Its Population to Ease Economic Pain

Sudan Introduces Basic Income Scheme for Nearly All Its Population to Ease Economic Pain

Open gallery view Women sit together as they prepare food for their families in Khartoum, Sudan in March. For Intisar Altayib, who ekes out a living drawing henna tattoos in Khartoum, soaring prices in Sudan mean running up tabs at local stores and cutting back on evening feasts during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

She is one of millions struggling through an economic crisis that has deepened as Sudan tries to emerge from decades of isolation and conflict. Inflation has risen to more than 340 percent and there are shortages of everything from power to medicines.

To ease the pain […]

5 Ways Automating the Manufacturing Process can Save you Money

5 Ways Automating the Manufacturing Process can Save you Money

When technological advancements began, the global population worried that it would eliminate the need for employees. That being true, it also brought along easy ways of production and reduction of operational costs.

Manufacturing is an industry that is growing fast and becoming more competitive. Manufacturers keep an eye out for methods that accelerate production, lower costs, and maintain quality.

Automating the manufacturing process can save you business funds in the following ways. Reduces mistakes Before manufacturing companies began automating processes, human intelligence conducted manual operations, from the minimal to the highest-priority tasks.Although employees put their best foot forward when carrying […]

Man Judging Machine

Man Judging Machine

Photo courtesy of César A. Hidalgo César A. Hidalgo , a scholar known for his work on economic complexity, data visualization, and applied artificial intelligence, is head of the Center for Collective Learning at the Artificial and Natural Intelligence Institute of the University of Toulouse, as well as an honorary professor at the University of Manchester and a visiting professor at Harvard. He recently spoke with City Journal associate editor Daniel Kennelly about his new book, How Humans Judge Machines (co-authored with Diana Orghian, Jordi Albo-Canals, Filipa de Almeida, and Natalia Martin), which explores how our moral intuitions differ […]

Sudan’s basic income scheme aims to ease economic pain

By Nafisa Eltahir and Eltayeb Siddig

KHARTOUM, April 29 (Reuters) – For Intisar Altayib, who ekes out a living drawing henna tattoos in Khartoum, soaring prices in Sudan mean running up tabs at local stores and cutting back on evening feasts during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

She is one of millions struggling through an economic crisis that has deepened as Sudan tries to emerge from decades of isolation and conflict. Inflation has risen to more than 340% and there are shortages of everything from power to medicines.To ease the pain of reforms the government is introducing a donor-funded scheme […]

What Would a Universal Basic Income Look Like in Canada?

What Would a Universal Basic Income Look Like in Canada?

How Canada would need to change its federal income tax system to fund a UBI of $1375 per month.

“The Peace Tower dominates the Centre Block structure of the Canadian Parliament buildings.” Photo taken by: Saffron Blaze / CC BY-SA

We often evaluate the development of countries using economic indicators such as gross domestic product (GDP) per capita or average household income, whereby rich countries are considered to be more developed than poor countries.While this may be a generally true statement when describing the overall development of a nation, these indicators do not tell us the whole story of […]

Accenture: ‘Future-Ready’ Companies Twice As Efficient, Three Times As Profitable

Accenture: ‘Future-Ready’ Companies Twice As Efficient, Three Times As Profitable

A recent Accenture report found that just 7% of organizations can be considered ‘future-ready’. I Business leaders have been banging the drum of digital transformation for some time now, but some have galvanized that enthusiasm into practice much more effectively than most. In fact, according to a recent Accenture report , 7% of organizations (considered ‘future-ready’) are around twice as efficient and three times as profitable as their peers.

So how have these companies shot so far ahead of the rest, and what does this mean for organizational structures and employment as we transition into a more digitized future? I […]