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UK (SCOTLAND): Student-led think tank launches new report on Basic Income

UK (SCOTLAND): Student-led think tank launches new report on Basic Income

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 […]

For white-collar staff, Artificial Intelligence threatens new workplace revolution

For white-collar staff, Artificial Intelligence threatens new workplace revolution

a man works amid orange robot arms.(Photo |AP) DAVOS: If your job involves inputting reams of data for a company, you might want to think about retraining in a more specialised field. Or as a plumber.

After industrial robots and international trade put paid to many manufacturing jobs in the West, millions of white-collar workers could now be under threat from new technology such as artificial intelligence (AI).

The issue of how best to face up to this "Fourth Industrial Revolution" has been exercising politicians and business leaders this week at the World Economic Forum in the Swiss Alpine town of […]

Boss of the world’s largest recruiter: ‘One-off education followed by a career will no longer work’

Boss of the world's largest recruiter: 'One-off education followed by a career will no longer work'

Alain Dehaze, CEO of Adecco at Davos this year. Adecco DAVOS, SWITZERLAND — The world is going through a seismic shift in the make-up of its workforce and the boss of the world’s largest staffing firm told Business Insider that the only way to stay employed is to constantly learn.

The World Economic Forum’s benchmark "Global Risks" report for 2017 says the biggest risk to doing business globally is unemployment or underemployment due to the greater adoption of robots, automation, and artificial intelligence.

However, Adecco CEO Alain Dehaze told BI that companies now need to look beyond displacement and how […]

Davos 2017 – A Basic Income for All: Dream or Delusion?

Davos 2017 - A Basic Income for All: Dream or Delusion?

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Finland’s jobless welcome universal basic income trial

Finland’s jobless welcome universal basic income trial

HELSINKI: For just one hour of work, Juha Jarvinen had to fill out piles of paperwork only to see his unemployment insurance docked. But with Finland’s universal basic income test, he’s hoping for a fresh start. As of Jan. 1, a two-year experiment will see 2,000 unemployed Finns receive a monthly unconditional payment of 560 euros ($590).

If the test is successful, the plan will be rolled out nationwide, though the exact amount and conditions remain vague at this stage.

The basic income pilots have been tried in a number of countries worldwide, especially in the last decade, such as Canada, […]

My Turn/Abrahams: Wealthy exercise most political power

My Turn/Abrahams: Wealthy exercise most political power

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Print Like many others, I was horrified by the election of Donald Trump. What’s particularly striking about his election is how few people, even his supporters, have anything good to say about him. The strongest arguments made on his behalf are that he will shake things up, or protect the country from the immigrants, or seize control from the billionaires who are running things (a particularly ironic claim considering the people whom he’s named to his Cabinet). But the election results have obscured some long-term trends in the world that ultimately will prove more important.Thanks […]

Finland To Trial A Universal Basic Income For The Unemployed (VIDEO)

Finland To Trial A Universal Basic Income For The Unemployed (VIDEO)

The world is changing. Human cashiers at grocery stores are being replaced by machines that let customers check their items out themselves. Long haul truckers and taxi cab drivers will soon be replaced by autonomous vehicles. Technology is putting people out of work, as are the forces of globalization. When there’s no need for unskilled workers, how is everyone going to make a living?

Finland is trying out one possible solution to this problem: universal basic income (UBI). Starting this month and continuing for the next two years, 2,000 unemployed Finns will receive 560 euros ($597 USD) a month, and […]

Davos — the rich are worried

“I can’t wait to see how the incoming administration deals with AI,” said US Secretary of State John Kerry in a less-than-gracious reference to the fact that the Trump team has not got a clue about the real driving force in the changing world economy.

What was striking was that Kerry did not have to clarify his remark for the 2,000 “global leaders” — politicians, bureaucrats, business representatives and public intellectuals — who are in the Swiss alpine town of Davos for the annual World Economic Forum. They all know what he is talking about.

This year’s Davos gathering is actually […]

Workplace automation: Separating fiction from fact

Workplace automation: Separating fiction from fact

By James Manyika, McKinsey & Company Director

The idea that robots could replace humans in the workplace dates back to science fiction writers a century ago, and it has been a recurring theme in political life for almost as long. Back in 1964, US President Lyndon B. Johnson created a national commission to examine the impact of automation on the economy and employment. Automation should be viewed as an ally, not an enemy, he said at the time. “If we understand it, if we plan for it, if we apply it well, automation will not be a job destroyer or […]

Indian workers are the most likely to be replaced by robots—at least that’s what their bosses think

Indian workers are the most likely to be replaced by robots—at least that’s what their bosses think

While automation has struck some fear in the hearts of average workers, most employers expect it to actually create jobs. Well, most employers outside of India.

Some 83% of global employers expect automation to “bring a net gain for employment” for human workers, according to The Skills Revolution , a new report from multinational HR consulting firm ManpowerGroup. The report covered 8,000 employers across 43 countries and territories.

Things are a little more grim in India. While globally, just 12% of employers expect headcount to decrease due to automation, that number jumps to between 20% and 30% for employers in India.To […]