Category: Basic Income

Liisa Ronkainen likes the idea that she will continue to receive the basic income even if she finds a job "I was so surprised when I got the letter, and a bit sceptical too," says Liisa Ronkainen, one of 2,000 Finns chosen for a government experiment to provide unemployed people with a basic income.

Out of work for half a year, Liisa, 26 and from Helsinki, has been looking for a job without success.

"While I’m unemployed I will only get €36 more per month with the basic income. I’ve always been positive about the idea, though, so it was nice […]

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Consider for a moment that from this day forward, on the first day of every month, around $1,000 is deposited into your bank account – because you are a citizen . This income is independent of every other source of income and guarantees you a monthly starting salary above the poverty line for the rest of your life.

What do you do? Possibly of more importance, what don’t you do? How does this firm foundation of economic security and positive freedom affect your present and future decisions, from the work you choose to the relationships you maintain, to the risks […]

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"Experience taught me a few things. One is to listen to your gut, no matter how good something sounds on paper. The second is that you’re generally better off sticking with what you know. And the third is that sometimes your best investments are the ones you don’t make."
–Donald J. Trump And, of course "valuable for society" doesn’t seem to be much clearer than "valuable utility".

The premise of the OP is that there are lots of people in the US who are willing to work, who would have worked in the 20th century, who can’t […]

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The Finnish government has begun a pilot of a radical new policy aimed at overhauling the benefits system in the northern European country. Under the proposed system, the government will pay a basic income to citizens seeking employment.

The pilot scheme of 2,000 people, randomly selected to participate, awards €560 (£490) to each participant by the state for a two-year period.

No tax is paid on that amount, nor are there any conditions, such as in the UK where claimants of Jobseeker’s Allowance, which amounts to around £317 per month, are required to sign a Claimant Commitment detailing how they will […]

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Bhubaneswar: TEDxXIMB 2017 was organized at Xavier Institute of Management, Xavier University Bhubaneswar on January 15, 2017. TED is a non-profit organization devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful talks by the leading thinkers and doers of the day.

Independently run TEDx events help share powerful ideas and thoughts in communities around the world. This fourth edition of TEDxXIMB had speakers from diverse walks of life such as Mr. Anwesh Kumar Sahoo, Mr. Gay World India 2016 and prominent LGBT rights activist, Mr. Anand Ranganathan, researcher at the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Delhi […]

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Kate McFarland, a News Editor for BIEN, has been awarded a $24,000 grant by the Economic Security Project to focus on this work throughout 2017.

Of the grant, McFarland has the following to say: “As a reporter on the basic income movement, my primary task is to present accurate information in a clear and objective manner. With the movement gaining incredible momentum in world plagued by clickbait headlines and sensationalized reporting, this task is more important than ever. It’s a challenging and demanding job, and increasing my knowledge, building new connections, and perfecting my skills as a reporter has been […]

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When masses of workers start to lose their jobs to automation, workers will find it even more difficult to pay for the social insurance that provides them with a safety net. Therefore says Varoufakis we need another way to protect workers and another way to pay for it. Unemployed in Finland When the new year began, 2000 unemployed workers in Finland were chosen at random to participate in the country’s universal basic income experiment.

Those chosen will receive a basic income of $580 a month from the government instead of their unemployment insurance.

That amount will cover basic living expenses. Unlike […]

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Employees in India were more positive than their counterparts from across Asia when it comes to automation. | Photo: Reuters A report that would give robots the rights of "electronic persons" and make their manufacturers contribute more to social security is close passing European Parliament. The European Parliament approved a report that would encourage states to ensure everyone receives a universal basic income to prepare for the threat that automation poses on the job market.The report references Frankenstein, Asimov’s Law and “the ‘soft impacts’ on human dignity” by the technological revolution to insist […]

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