Category: Basic Income

Fundamental shifts in the world of work are eroding traditional social safety nets. Could a universal basic income be the solution?

It’s already happening in Finland and the Canadian province of Ontario, while other states and cities across the world are considering the idea. The Economist’s Tamzin Booth heads up a discussion among global and political experts to talk through the case for a basic universal income.

UBI isn’t a new idea, according to Guy Standing of the Basic Income Earth Network. He says it was originally ignored, but growing fears surrounding job automation have stoked an interest in basic income. […]

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File Photo North Bay is among the many communities interested in becoming a test site for a proposed basic income pilot project in Ontario.

Joseph Bradbury, chief administrative officer of the District of Nipissing Social Services Administration Board, said the local agency has already expressed its interest to the province.

He said a total of three test sites have been proposed – including one in southern Ontario, one in the North and another being an Indigenous community.“We know there is a lot of competition,” said Bradbury, noting most Northern Ontario communities share the same sorts of social pressures and are likely […]

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A group of 2,000 unemployed people in Finland have just received their first payment from the state as part of a trial basic income scheme. For the next two years they will receive a guaranteed 560 euros a month ($597) tax-free, regardless of whether they find work or not. Ivor Bennett reports.

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The latter can take, and has taken, many forms over the years. Technology (Aadhaar) and political will (demonetisation) allows India to finally begin to think BIG, and efficiently, in terms of redistributive policies. In our January 14 article (goo.gl/zYYrlq), we had outlined what we believe is a major opportunity for the Modi government to bring in a structural reform to our income tax structure. What we suggested, and expand today, is an integrated approach to both taxation and redistribution. The latter can take, and has taken, many forms over the years. Technology (Aadhaar) and political will (demonetisation) allows India […]

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Scottish Parliament to look into feasibility of a universal basic income

A UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME will be investigating and debated on by politicians in the Scottish Parliament in March this year by the social security committee.

Most of the committee’s work this year will be looking at how to apply the new welfare powers devolved under the terms of the Smith Commission but it will also study the cost and practical ease by which a UBI could be implemented.The news follows the trials of the UBI in Finland, the Canadian province of Ontario and the Dutch cities of Groningen, Tilburg, Utrecht […]

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Photo: Buchanan Institute team at a brainstorming event. The Buchanan Institute , Scotland’s only student-led think tank, has prepared a report (“A Secure Foundation to Build Our Lives”) that makes a case for universal basic income in the UK.

The report will be launched at a University of Edinburgh event on January 26.

The Buchanan Institute’s recommendations for a UBI draw upon previous work by the Royal Society of Arts (RSA), especially the report “ Creative Citizens, Creative State ” by Anthony Painter and Chris Thoung, and the Citizen’s Income Trust . In particular, it looks to the […]

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