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money for nothing has the time come for universal basic income

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can basic income become a worldwide policy? moyan brenn/flickr, cc by-sa mark smith, grenoble école de management (gem) "money for nothing" is not just a song from 1985 by dire straits but also, it seems, a new wave of policies supporting the government providing an income for citizens, regardless of their economic activity. benoît hamon, the surprise winner of the first round of the socialist primaries in france, is the latest high-profile supporter of the idea. […]

Can Finland overhaul its social security system with basic income?

Can Finland overhaul its social security system with basic income?

Two thousand unemployed workers will receive €560 for the next two years in a groundbreaking national basic income trial in Finland.

Early January may have been cold in the north-east of Europe but for 2,000 unemployed Finns, 9 January felt like an exceptionally warm moment. They had just received the first payments of a two-year basic income trial in their accounts. The €560 would not be reduced or interrupted if they took on work.

An old idea, calls for a universal basic income have been growing in recent years, particularly with the rise of precarious employment in industrialised societies. Most current […]

If Facebook makes billions from my data, I deserve the basic income as a dividend for my work

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Robots, Yes Robots, Could Be Trump’s Greatest Threat

Robots, Yes Robots, Could Be Trump’s Greatest Threat

(image used under Creative Commons license via tecnalia) The rise of automation is destined to replace some worker employment, and it could increasingly cause friction with efforts to create new jobs, a hallmark of the Donald Trump administration.

Many studies have forecast a day when repetitive and labor-intensive jobs will be recast by automation, though the jury is still out about whether the humans now holding those jobs will be elevated to more meaningful positions that utilize automation or will be replaced outright.

One particular technology, self-driving cars, is on pace to emerge en masse in 2021, right around the next […]

Automation Tend to Replace Human Workers in Karawang

Automation Tend to Replace Human Workers in Karawang

TEMPO.CO , Jakarta – Head of Karawang’s Manpower and Transmigration Agency, Ahmad Suroto, revealed that an increasing number of factories in Karawang are currently optimizing their assembly automation, which is the reason why they tend to reduce the number of their human resources.

“There’s a trend where companies utilize [automated assembly lines] instead of humans. Which is the reason why employment rate continues to decline each year,” Suroto said on Wednesday, February 8, 2017.

There are many newly established factories in Karawang, according to Suroto, but they’re dominated by automation process in its assembly line. Factories are increasingly attracted to robotics […]

The New Big Idea – the Universal Basic Income

The New Big Idea – the Universal Basic Income

Suddenly, the idea that all citizens should be paid a basic income by the state is becoming topical across the world. While we associate this idea with the political left – the French Socialist Party candidate in the forthcoming presidential elections, Benoît Hamon, has made it the cornerstone of his programme – it also has traction on the right as being the way to rein in the increasingly unaffordable welfare state. How would it work? And how would it affect government finances, economic growth and employment? The Universal Basic Income (UBI)

Thomas More, John Stuart Mill and, more […]

The path to achieving a truly universal basic income

The path to achieving a truly universal basic income

The path to achieving a truly universal basic income

Wednesday, 8 February 2017, 1:29 pm
Article: Adam Parsons Image credit: stevendepolo, flickr creative commons
Is it a viable prospect to create a direct mechanism for transferring a universal basic income to all the world’s people? Not before we bring about a huge united voice of ordinary citizens in favour of sharing the world’s resources to end hunger and life-threatening poverty once and for all, argues Adam Parsons. The following article is an edited version of a talk given at the World Basic Income conference held […]

Universal basic income could work

Universal basic income could work

A basic wage would give confidence to the start-up economy, knowing there is a safety net during the no-income early phase. Belinda Pratten by Brian Toohey

At first glance, giving everyone a government handout called a Universal Basic Income seems a bad idea. Although a UBI is yet to gain mainstream acceptance, it’s gathering momentum among entrepreneurs in Australia, the US and Europe as well as in libertarian and social democrat circles. A leading Australian investor, Mark Carnegie, sees a UBI as a creative response to the loss of traditional full-time jobs in an era of disruptive economic change. So […]

The First Blockchain-Based Universal Basic Income Experiment Just Launched

The First Blockchain-Based Universal Basic Income Experiment Just Launched

Every single day, approximately 22,000 children die from extreme poverty. The adoption of a UBI system could decrease that number over time

While some skeptics think that a UBI would lead to laziness or excessive spending, studies have shown that the opposite typically occurs

A New UBI With the growing popularity of blockchains , it’s no surprise that they have a new, very useful application, i.e. a global distribution of wealth. Recently, the Grantcoin Foundation, a U.S. based nonprofit organization, implemented a universal basic income (UBI) program that uses blockchain-based digital currency.Basic Income grants (in the form of the […]

YES! Basic Income in Europe — Is the U.S. Next?

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