Category: Basic Income

I’ve never been one for keeping up with the latest crazes and trends.

I bought my first pair of skinny jeans three years after everybody else and still wear them now (even though I think we’re all meant to have moved on to the far more comfortable sounding boyfriend jeans). I’ve had the same hair colour nearly all my life; I prefer my food on plates rather than presented artistically on a slab of pine; and I cannot name a single song that was released in 2016.

However, today I’m going to share with you the hot new trend for […]

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The research team hopes that Finland will over the coming years try out different types of basic income arrangements .

The research team that worked on the Finnish basic income experiment submitted its final report to the Government on 16 December 2016.

The first stage of the Finnish basic income experiment will be launched at the beginning of 2017. In its report, the team recommends that the experiment be expanded in 2018. 2017 experiment operating within tight parameters In a preliminary report published on 30 March 2016, the research team evaluated extensively various basic income models based on […]

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A panel discussion and Q&A on a universal basic income for the UK was held in Sheffield in November 2016. Watch the video below.

The Festival of Debate , hosted by the British nonprofit organization Opus Independents , is a series of panel discussions, debates, lectures, and artistic performances related to social, political, and economic issues in the UK. The series was launched prior to the general election in May 2015 and has been continued through 2016.

On November 23, 2016, the Festival of Debate held a two-hour Q&A and debate on universal basic income in Sheffield, England, held at […]

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I’m not sure that’s true.

It might seem that way because we’re basically at what by modern standards is considered full emplyment, but the key phrase is "modern standards."

However, if you looked at the average American family today and the average American family 150 years ago, I bet you wound find that the average family in 1860s America had more members working, and working longer hours, in order to survive. Today, there are plenty of households that live on one parent’s income — or with one parent working full time and one working part […]

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How would the government pay to provide Universal Basic Income to every citizen? It’s one of the harder questions relating to this topic. Frank Stilwell, a Professor Emeritus in Political Economy at the University of Sydney, says there’s an “inevitable uncertainty” surrounding UBI and its economic consequences, which all depend on how it’s implemented.

In an essay for the Green Institute, titled ” A Universal Basic Income: Economic Considerations,” Stilwell walks readers through how a government might go about funding a program as radical as this one. He argues UBI requires further examination before it’s adopted in any national government.

Others […]

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(RTTNews) – The centuries-old concept of a guaranteed unconditional regular payment, or universal basic income, has returned to the attention of the world at the start of 2017 with Finland launching a two-year long experiment among 2,000 unemployed.

<a href=http://www.rttnews.com/slideshow/3639/universal-basic-income-making-a-comeback.aspx target=_blank >CLICK HERE</a> for a primer on Universal Basic Income

The Belgium-based Basic Income Earth Network, an international network that serves as a link between individuals and groups committed to or interested in basic income, defines basic income as "a periodic cash payment unconditionally delivered to all on an individual basis, without means test or work requirement."A darling for the Left […]

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(Credit: Reuters/Lucas Jackson/shutterstock/Salon) When Donald Trump moves into the White House later this month, there will be great expectations resting on his ability to make good on one of the central planks of his campaign: Restoring America’s industrial glory days and “bringing back” jobs. In areas that have been hit particularly hard by deindustrialization, like the Rust Belt — which ultimately gave the election to Trump — working-class swing voters will be anxiously waiting for the president to “make America great again,” which to them means bringing back decent paying jobs along with some stability.

Unfortunately for America’s struggling working […]

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What does the future hold for average people?

Feudalism.

And they’ll welcome it with open arms, convinced that they are embracing a smart, fair system that eliminates poverty. The greed, entitlement, and lack of ambition that seems inherent in many people today will have them slipping on the yoke of servitude willingly.Here’s what I mean.Have you ever been around people who say things like, “I can’t afford it, but I deserve it…” “Having [fill in the blank with a material object] is a basic right…” “Losing that right is okay with me because it’s for the greater good.” But the thing […]

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What does the future hold for average people?

Feudalism.And they’ll welcome it with open arms, convinced that they are embracing a smart, fair system that eliminates poverty. The greed, entitlement, and lack of ambition that seems inherent in many people today will have them slipping on the yoke of servitude willingly.Here’s what I mean.Have you ever been around people who say things like,“I can’t afford it, but I deserve it…”“Having [fill in the blank with a material object] is a basic right…”“Losing that right is okay with me because it’s for the greater good.”But […]

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