Category: Basic Income

Unfortunately, a welfare state by any other name is still a welfare state.

Every so often a new study is released, concluding that a universal basic income (UBI) is needed to fix this country’s welfare system. Most recently, the Roosevelt Institute claimed that switching to a UBI system could actually grow the economy by $2.5 trillion by the year 2025.

A welfare state by any other name is still a welfare state.The study is full of hypothetical situations in which Americans receive a UBI of varying amounts. The research concludes that the higher the UBI, the more prosperous the economy. But […]

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The greatest challenge of this generation is managing both environmental sustainability and a growing human population. Climate change and income inequality are making this an increasingly difficult prospect.

The Sufficiency4Sustainability Network (S4SN) is working on analyzing the intersection of these issues and the solutions that can address them.

S4SN is led by Peter Knight, a former lead economist at the World Bank. The network of researchers analyzes different policies and how they may interact with ecological and economic trends. Knight recently joined the UBI Podcast to discuss his work with S4SN.“We’re exploring how changing values and policies might result in lower […]

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There’s been much discussion about citizens’ basic income, but just how feasible is it? "REAL global leadership”. “A significant opportunity for Scotland ”. Innovation. National pride. It’s easy to get caught up in the excitement about the potential of a citizens’ basic income, especially when hearing it discussed this week by Nicola Sturgeon and Jamie Cooke, the director of the think-tank RSA Scotland. It’s an idea that’s being discussed all over the country – including at meetings of many Yes groups and SNP branches – and far beyond these shores.

What initially sounds to most people like a pie-in-the-sky leftie […]

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There is a great community need to address poverty in the Lindsay area, according to retired local businessman Doug Dent, and that’s why he is welcoming the Province’s basic income pilot this fall.

Dent, formerly of Dent Industrial Sales, says basic income “frees people up to live their lives” and pursue other opportunities, from more education to better work.

“It gets them off that bottom rung,” he tells The Lindsay Advocate . “Some people need more help than others and we should be prepared to do that as a society.”Dent is certain that a small minority of people will take advantage […]

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It seems everyone from Richard Branson to researchers at the Green Institute has an opinion on universal basic income (UBI), the idea that all citizens should be paid an unconditional monthly allowance. The benefits of putting a floor beneath earnings so that no one falls into poverty are obvious – but the inevitable question is, can we afford it?

At a recent two-day workshop at Melbourne University, academics, union representatives and individuals from the private and welfare sectors were presented with modelling that suggests we can.

Although at first blush, UBI sounds like some idealistic, leftwing idea, the reality is it […]

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Those aged between 20 and 24 are overrepresented in terms of insecure work and low pay, and often experience financial insecurity. It seems everyone from Richard Branson to researchers at the Green Institute has an opinion on universal basic income (UBI), the idea that all citizens should be paid an unconditional monthly allowance. The benefits of putting a floor beneath earnings so that no one falls into poverty are obvious – but the inevitable question is, can we afford it?

At a recent two-day workshop at Melbourne University, academics, union representatives and individuals from the private and welfare sectors were […]

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Universal Answer: At TDN we have one universal answer for most questions – work harder.

If we have a great month in news reporting and ad selling, then we should work harder to make next month even better.

If we have a poor performance in any aspect of the business, we look to work harder to improve.If “work harder” is the answer to good, bad or mediocre performance, you will tend to get better.But a new universal answer seems to be gaining traction in places like Hawaii and San Francisco – it’s called “universal basic income.”It seems Hawaii has decided to […]

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