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In California: Universal basic income, Ronald Reagan, wearing masks and more news

In California: Universal basic income, Ronald Reagan, wearing masks and more news

This is Wendy Leung on the first Monday of March. Arlene returns tomorrow.

It’s the eve of Election Day. Let’s dive right in.

In California has your daily news, features and interviews from across USA TODAY Network newsrooms and beyond. Click here to get this straight to your inbox. Stockton is giving some residents $500 a month Andrew Yang may be out of the presidential race but the issue of a universal basic income isn’t going away.In the first-in-the-nation pilot program, Stockton is offering $500 a month to 125 of its residents. Economists, researchers, politicians and labor leaders are mixed […]

In California: Universal basic income could be future of progressive politics

In California: Universal basic income could be future of progressive politics

Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs speaks during a press conference announcing a new program that offers a universal basic income to some of the city’s neediest residents. (Photo: CALIXTRO ROMINAS/THE STOCKTON RECORD) This is Wendy Leung on the first Monday of March. Arlene returns tomorrow.

It’s the eve of Election Day. Let’s dive right in.

In California has your daily news, features and interviews from across USA TODAY Network newsrooms and beyond. Click here to get this straight to your inbox. Stockton is giving some residents $500 a month Andrew Yang speaks during a Democratic presidential primary debate. Andrew Yang may […]

Cole: Socialism is not the American way

Cole: Socialism is not the American way

Tom Cole The Democratic Party’s tightening embrace of socialist proposals and politicians is real cause for alarm, especially in a country whose very foundation is liberty.

Indeed, the precious freedoms that exist here in America have always set us apart. Just think about how many people still want to come to the United States to have a share in the American dream.

Because of the freedoms secured by brave patriots long ago and preserved time and again for generations, our land is one of endless opportunity – where hard work, determination and innovation are rewarded, and the American dream can be […]

Universal Basic Income — Where’s the purpose?

Universal Basic Income -- Where's the purpose?

Universal Basic Income is getting a lot of attention again these days. While I think it’s part of a solution, it’s missing a crucial element: People need a sense of purpose in their lives. Separately, a lot of people have trouble finding that sense of purpose on their own. Put together, this means that in parallel to any basic income program, we will need to create social institutions that appeal to people’s notions of achievement, provider roles, community, and social feedback mechanisms.

This could be a wide variety of things that provide a sense of community and achievement — everything […]

California City Gives Residents $500 a Month as Part of Universal Basic Income Test

California City Gives Residents $500 a Month as Part of Universal Basic Income Test

If people in need were given $500 each month, how would they spend it? The country ’s first mayor-led guaranteed income program is trying to find out.

The privately-funded, 18-month initiative, called the Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration or SEED , began giving 125 residents of Stockton, California, $500 a month on a debit card last February. SEED randomly selected residents who were at least 18 years old and lived in a neighborhood where the median income is at or below $46,033, the city’s median at the time. Researchers have been regularly checking in with recipients to analyze how they’ve spent […]

Building heavy equipment

Building heavy equipment

A machinist works on an FTP Sirio mill at a company facility in Concord, Ont. Photo courtesy of The New Era Group. Heavy equipment manufacturers and those Canadian companies that machine and fabricate parts for the industry have their fingers crossed that 2020 will be a productive year after a relatively lacklustre 2019.

While there are still challenges on the horizon, namely that factories and machine shops are having difficulty finding skilled labour and machinists to do the work, the consensus is that the heavy equipment manufacturing industry will be in good shape, and many are looking to more automation […]

Citizen’s Basic Income: A Response to Poverty

Citizen’s Basic Income: A Response to Poverty

By Citizens Basic Income Trust, February 27, 2020

https://citizensincome.org/news/citizens-basic-income-a-response-to-poverty

ATD Fourth World has published the results of its Understanding Poverty in all its Forms research project: an international project that is asking people in poverty what for them are its most important dimensions.A report has now been published on findings for the UK: https://atd-uk.org/projects-campaigns/understanding-poverty .The list of dimensions of poverty experienced as most significant in the UK is as follows: Systems, structures and policies : Economic, political and social structures can cause poverty. Policy is operated in a way that disempowers. Systems designed to support people are not working […]

CHRO & and Business 4.0 in the digital era

CHRO & and Business 4.0 in the digital era

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The time has come for the digital transformation conversation to focus on the “how”, rather than the “what” and the “why”. The Mail and Guardian (M&G) and the University of Johannesburg (UJ) have created a platform for these critical conversations with C-Suites networking breakfast events.

These C-Suites events target senior professionals, executives and decision-makers across various sectors, from private and public, large organisations and small, medium and micro-sized enterprises (SMMEs).M&G and anchor sponsor UJ held a CHRO & Business 4.0 networking breakfast event at Summer Place, Hyde Park on February 25, together with partner sponsors Microsoft South Africa and […]

BarterUnit – An independently developed community currency with an embedded UBI program progressively changing America through the process of social-economic collaboration

BarterUnit – An independently developed community currency with an embedded UBI program progressively changing America through the process of social-economic collaboration

It seems like everyone is talking about Universal Basic Income (UBI) programs these days. On the West Coast, we have California State Assemblyman Evan Low proposing Assembly Bill 2712, a UBI program for California residents. On the East Coast we have New York State Legislature Ron Kim working on the Inclusive Value Ledger (IVL) initiative, a New York statewide payment system with an embedded UBI feature.

Meanwhile, a California entrepreneur quietly builds an all-embracing privatized digital currency system. It is the first independently developed community currency with an embedded payment system and UBI program – offering its UBI program to […]

Universal basic income won’t help people find work but it will make them happier, expert report finds

Universal basic income won't help people find work but it will make them happier, expert report finds

Participants described an increase in wellbeing A trial of universal basic income has found that while the scheme won’t help people find work, it will make them happier.

The Young Foundation carried out the research in 10 neighbourhoods in the Eix Besos area of north-eastern Barcelona .

It was a controlled experiment where 900 participants were offered a guaranteed income over 24 months.The trials took place in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, which caused a dramatic rise in unemployment, poverty, homelessness, and inequality in Barcelona. The trial took place in Barcelona (Getty Images) In May 2015, housing activist Ada […]