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Jan 15, 2019 · Though the idea of a universal basic income for all (UBI) has gained popularity of late and several celebrity proponents, the scheme is entirely wrongheaded and would A universal basic income (UBI) is an unconditional cash payment given at regular intervals by the government to all residents, regardless of their earnings or employment status. Pilot UBI programs have taken place or are ongoing in the United States, Brazil, Canada, Finland, and other parts of the world. https://www.procon.org/headline.php?headlineID=005363 A universal basic income in Canada is more realistic than … A universal basic income in Canada is […]

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In the COVID-19 crisis, which is hitting hard at the vast majority of people, it’s hardly surprising that, in these first weeks of the emergency, the proposal for a universal basic income—an unconditional, monthly, monetary payment by the government to the whole population—has been widely discussed as a possible mitigating measure. People who acknowledge the fact that they have always dismissed the idea of a basic income are now saying it’s “absolutely necessary”. What was inconceivable a couple of months ago has become real. In an editorial titled “Virus lays bare the frailty of the social contract” the Financial […]

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Dutch scientists are calling on politicians to use the coronavirus crisis as an opportunity to make society fairer and ‘radically sustainable’.

In a manifesto published in Trouw , a group of 170 sociologists and environmental scientists from eight Dutch universities said that the disruption of economic certainties caused by the pandemic offers a chance for radical reforms. These could include the introduction of a universal basic income and debt cancellation for poor countries, the scientists state.‘The neo-liberal economic system demands an ever-growing circulation of people and goods, despite the innumerable ecological problems and increasing inequality it is causing. […]

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Pope Francis Pope Francis visits the University Roma Tre, Rome, Italy – 17 Feb 2017 (Rex Features via AP Images) On Easter Sunday, Pope Francis sent a letter to leaders of social movements promoting "structural changes" to the "economy of exclusion and inequality." Among other things, he encouraged these activists to use the coronavirus crisis as an opportunity to spur radical change and launch a "humanistic and ecological conversion." He also endorsed the idea of a universal basic income (UBI), championed by former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang.

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· Finland’s decision not to extend its universal basic income trial highlights the timeless problem of helping needy people without giving them a disincentive to work. But there are other · Universal Basic Income (UBI) proposals are getting a lot of attention in the high-income countries. A wide range of proponents, from Charles Murray, a political scientist and scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, to Andy Stern, former president of the Service Employees International Union, have backed https://eml.berkeley.edu/~jrothst/publications/w25538.pdf · 所以芬兰官方在这里的说法是“Basic Income / 基本收入”，并不是 Universal Basic Income，可能也就勉强接近（失业金领取者范围内的）Unconditional Basic Income吧。不知道上面的例子是否典型，但可以看出基本收入的标准不高，应该很多情况下不超过当前的. https://www.douban.com/note/672402096/ Universal Basic Income: What It Is, Who Would Pay for […]

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Have we all of a sudden forgotten that the global system in the current pandemic crisis was itself a system in crisis?

To respond to these unprecedented levels of social uncertainty, psychological anxiety and material insecurity, we cannot apply usual thinking, half-measures and old solutions.To propose a wage guarantee along the lines of the post- World War II , corporatist welfare system is a faulty line. These are not the times for business as usual, nor the times to advocate for categorical and differential forms of assistance. A wage guarantee privileges labour market insiders, maintains the status quo and […]

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Pope Francis ‘This may be the time to consider a universal basic wage which would acknowledge and dignify the noble, essential tasks you carry out. It would ensure and concretely achieve the ideal, at once so human and so Christian, of no worker without rights.’

That’s Pope Francis showing support for an idea many countries are at least temporarily experimenting with amid the economic disruption sparked by the coronavirus pandemic.“I know that you have been excluded from the benefits of globalization… The ills that afflict everyone hit you twice as hard,” Pope Francis wrote in a […]

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We did some back-of-the-envelope math to calculate what Universal Basic Income might look like in the UK, if it had the same budget as our welfare system. BIEN | Basic Income Earth Network https://basicincome.org/The Basic Income European Network (BIEN) was founded in 1986 to serve as a link between individuals and groups committed to or interested in basic income, and to foster informed discussion on the topic throughout Europe. Basic income of £48 a week in UK urged – BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/business-48185806May 07, 2019 · Universal basic income, or UBI, means that everyone gets […]

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In times of great emergency, when the normal rules have been suspended, all sorts of things that used to seem unthinkable suddenly enter the realm of possibility. A national health service paid for by taxes and free at the point of delivery in the United States, for example ― or a guaranteed basic income in Spain.
"We are going to implement a minimum basic income as soon as possible," Nadia Calvino, Spain’s deputy prime minister and economics minister, said Monday. She added that it will not "just be for this special situation, but for good."
Plenty of governments are […]

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