Category: Basic Income

What if people no longer had to worry about their income? Marwa Fatafta has often asked herself that question. “So much anxiety and stress would simply vanish,” said Fatafta, who came to Germany as a Palestinian migrant and made a life for herself in Berlin.

“To me, it was clear quite early on that freedom also means being financially independent,” Fatafta told DW. At first, she had hoped to live from her art, but when she realized it would not give her a regular income she gave up that dream. Today, Fatafta works for Access Now, an organization that promotes […]

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What if people no longer have to worry about their income? Marwa Fatafta herself often asked that question to herself. “So much anxiety and stress just goes away,” said Fatafta, who came to Germany as a Palestinian migrant and made a living in Berlin for a living.

“For me, it was clear from the start that freedom also means being financially independent,” Fatafta told DW. Initially, he hoped so live off his art , but when he realized that it would not earn him a steady income, he gave up the dream. Currently, Fatafta works for Access Now, an organization […]

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What if people no longer had to worry about their income? Marwa Fatafta often asked herself this question. “So much anxiety and stress would just go away,” said Fatafta, who came to Germany as a Palestinian migrant and made her living in Berlin.

“For me it was clear early on that freedom also means being financially independent,” Fatafta told TBEN. At first, she had hoped to make a living from her art, but when she realized that it would not give her a regular income, she gave up on that dream. Today, Fatafta works for Access Now, an organization that […]

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Views on a guaranteed basic income vary drastically across Europe — some see it as a springboard, while others call it a hammock. Now, an EU citizens’ initiative is urging the European Commission to take up the issue. A hand holds a stack of euro notes What if people no longer had to worry about their income? Marwa Fatafta has often asked herself that question. "So much anxiety and stress would simply vanish," said Fatafta, who came to Germany as a Palestinian migrant and made a life for herself in Berlin.

"To me, it was clear quite early on that […]

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Christine Jardine, a Scottish politician who represents Edinburgh in the UK parliament, was not a fan of universal basic income before the pandemic hit.

“It was regarded in some quarters as a kind of socialist idea,” said Jardine, a member of the centrist Liberal Democrats party.

But not long after the government shut schools, shops, restaurants and pubs in March with little warning, she started to reconsider her position.“Covid-19 has been [a] game changer,” Jardine said. “It has meant that we’ve seen the suggestion of a universal basic income in a completely different light.” In her view, the idea — sending […]

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Mainstream, VOL LVIII No 50, New Delhi, November 28, 2020

by Pulin B Nayak and Mark Lindley * Abstract Pulin (Formerly, Professor of Economics, DSE) praises a lecture by Mark (Professor of Eminence, MGMU) on UBI but says India cannot seriously consider implementing UBI, because certain other government tasks — including the availability of basic health facilities to all, effective implementation of the public distribution system, and better public education — need to be taken care of first. He sees Mark’s notion of using steep Pigouvian taxes to fund a partial UBI as interesting — not least from the point […]

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Money (Copyright by Capitol Broadcasting Company. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.) Christine Jardine, a Scottish politician who represents Edinburgh in the UK parliament, was not a fan of universal basic income before the pandemic hit.

“It was regarded in some quarters as a kind of socialist idea,” said Jardine, a member of the centrist Liberal Democrats party.

But not long after the government shut schools, shops, restaurants and pubs in March with little warning, she started to reconsider her position.“Covid-19 has been [a] game changer,” Jardine said. “It has meant that we’ve seen […]

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Mainstream, VOL LVIII No 50, New Delhi, November 28, 2020

by Pulin B Nayak and Mark Lindley * Abstract Pulin (Formerly, Professor of Economics, DSE) praises a lecture by Mark (Professor of Eminence, MGMU) on UBI but says India cannot seriously consider implementing UBI, because certain other government tasks — including the availability of basic health facilities to all, effective implementation of the public distribution system, and better public education — need to be taken care of first. He sees Mark’s notion of using steep Pigouvian taxes to fund a partial UBI as interesting — not least from the point […]

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Interview

by Klaus Sambor/Wikimedia Commons; own modification Klaus Sambor from Vienna is one of the main initiators of activities surrounding basic income in Austria and in Europe. He is also one of the main organizers of the contemporary European Citizens’ Initiative "Start Unconditional Basic Incomes (UBI) throughout the EU", which is taking place in all countries of the European Union from September 2020 to September 2021.

Marek Hrubec: 1. What first led you to unconditional basic income? What were the main facts or arguments?Klaus Sambor: We, my wife and I, contributed to the book Die Wende der Titanic (The […]

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