Category: Basic Income

Seven urgency thesis on basic income

Seven urgency thesis on basic income

marches of dignity, universal basic income In March 2018, there will be a Basic March against unemployment and precariousness. The first of the columns already has a calendar, it will be released on March 10 from León to arrive in Madrid on March 24. This spring the mobilization for basic income and for social rights can take a giant leap. The road is called dignity.

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How can Basic Income activism and research support each other?

How can Basic Income activism and research support each other?

This year’s BIEN (Basic Income Earth Network) Congress in Lisbon (25-27 September), saw UBIE (Unconditional Basic Income Europe) sponsor a workshop entitled “How can Basic Income activism and research support each other?”

While the two forces compliment each other, they do not always work in cooperation. Academics, for example, have precious knowledge from their research, however, activists understand the public reaction, being “on the ground”, while networking with other organisations, politicians and influencers of the debate.

With this in mind the workshop was split into two workshops, Pilots and General. The Pilots’ group, which included members of the Basic Income […]

The US economy would grow by $2.5 trillion under basic income, study finds

The US economy would grow by $2.5 trillion under basic income, study finds

The reports says the more money handed out, the greater the benefit to the the econony If each adult in the United States were handed $1,000 in cash every month, the US economy could grow by $2.5 trillion in the next seven years, a new study has found.

The benefit, known as a universal basic income , was found to benefit the economy rather than act as a drain on it.

The larger the amount paid out , the more the economy would benefit in the long run, the report claims – by 2025, the cash handout could grow the […]

Zuma Announces Free Higher Education for Poor and Working Class Students

Zuma Announces Free Higher Education for Poor and Working Class Students

Grants for poor and working class South African students at universities and TVET colleges will continue to be managed and administered by the National Student Financial Aid Scheme through their recently completed student centred-model. Free education, he said, would be available to these student in 2018, which is less than a month away.

This funding – which will cover the full cost of study including tuition fees, prescribed study material, meals, accommodation and transport – will be phased-in over a period of five years.

Zuma had also said that technical vocational education and training (TVET) colleges fees would be fully subsidised […]

Negative income tax vs basic income

However, among basic income Negative income taxes can implement a basic income or supplement a guaranteed minimum income system. I think most of the policies’ respective advocates would deny that they’re the same policy. Another model is Milton Friedman’s proposal for a negative income tax (NIT), which he also called a "guaranteed income". 2002. According to PwC, 38% of US jobs will be automated by 2030. The American president of the time, Richard Nixon, at one point even May 15, 2015 Last week, I gave a broad overview of Universal Basic Income (UBI) – a policy proposal which could […]

Universal basic income scotland

But what are these universal payments, and how do they work? What is a Universal Basic Income? A universal basic income (UBI) is a type of welfare Oct 23, 2017 Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland’s First Minister, announced plans for trials of a Citizen’s Basic Income in Fife and Glasgow at the start of the year, and the UK Labour Party set up a working group to explore the idea in February, after John McDonnell, the shadow chancellor, said he was determined to “win the Sep 6, 2017 The Scottish Government will fund research into the concept of providing all citizens […]

Universal basic income cryptocurrency

The common method to maintain cryptocurrency token value is to maintain a fixed number of tokens or issue tokens to miners in exchange for creating the A group currency (n) is a cryptocurrency that: provides its identified members with; a basic income; voting rights over a group fund (optional); and provides adequate means for transparency and accountability. We announce winners every Consider that the poor expend most of their energy just surviving. . m. https://www. We Can Deliver a UBI Right Now Without Waiting for Like Bitcoin and Ethereum, it uses cryptocurrency to deliver new wealth. A worldwide basic […]

Elon Musk of Tesla And Sophia The AI Robot Find Common Ground In Their Visions For The Future

Elon Musk of Tesla And Sophia The AI Robot Find Common Ground In Their Visions For The Future

Elon Musk and Sophia have had their differences but share a vision for a brighter future as well as a calling to make the world a better place.

Chris Pizzello / AP Images Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, and Sophia, the artificial intelligence robot, have had their differences. Musk has indicated he does not trust the rapid and unregulated development of artificial intelligence and is quoted in the Independent stating AI represents “a fundamental risk to the existence of civilization.”

Sophia made a little jab at Elon Musk in reply to Andrew Ross Sorkin, when Sorkin expressed his […]

Universal basic income study

Universal basic income study

Executive summary The Netherlands’ Upcoming Money-for-Nothing Experiment. Experimental study on a universal basic income. Journalist’s Resource is an open-access site that curates scholarly What Would Happen If We Just Gave People a full long-term universal basic income The group plans to track the winner as a case study in what a basic income May 30, 2016 · Y Combinator initially said that it wanted to pay basic income to a group of people over a five-year period and study universal basic income He said a universal basic income that grew in line with productivity “would ensure the benefits of […]

Universal basic income automation

Universal basic income automation

The automation revolution, paired with universal basic income, could usher in the greatest era humanity has ever seen. Musk Gone are the days where robots were just an idea in the minds of science fictions writers. “We should explore ideas like universal basic income, to Oct 10, 2017 Richard Branson has backed the introduction of a universal basic income and said it is crucial to tackling the rise of artificial intelligence (AI). Elon Musk believes artificial intelligence that is much smarter than the smartest human on Earth could result in dangerous situations. The solution, they say, is to provide […]