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There is growing interest in the concept of a basic income grant in SA, brought to the fore by the devastating effects of Covid-19. Many years after civil society and economic advisers first raised the debate, it is once again a proposal deserving our attention as we face up to the horrendous economic damage brought about by the pandemic, and the desperate plight of the majority of South Africans under the double burden of poverty and inequality.

The Black Sash has launched a report carefully analysing the arguments in favour of such a grant, explaining what it could entail, how […]

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It would be strange for people to hear that Milton Friedman, one of the greatest and well-known conservative economists, advocated for universal basic income.

Also, Austrian economist Friedrich Hayek, a major advocate of free-market economics, was a supporter of a minimum basic income.

But why?First and foremost, these were great economists who were attached to human principles and not ideals. If some ideas were better for humanity, they were willing to accept them. They didn’t subscribe to a black and white method of thinking of the world.We must explore why universal income is becoming necessary and look at it from a […]

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Ulrike Gehn seems happy. She has been working for a small company in Berlin, called Kopf, Hand und Fuss, for about a year, advising firms on diversity.

She also runs a co-working space for people with and without disabilities. Gehn, 33, organises workshops and events, counsels employers on inclusion and collects donations for new projects.

She and her team work together from home and from the office, and chat by video conference.She is one of the first people to take part in a model testing that’s called "solidarity-based basic income," or SGE.A trained administrative assistant who is also wheelchair-bound due to […]

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Gehn has been working for the German company Kopf, Hand und Fuss for about a year. Photos: dpa Ulrike Gehn seems happy. She has been working for a small company in Berlin, called Kopf, Hand und Fuss, for about a year, advising firms on diversity.

She also runs a co-working space for people with and without disabilities. Gehn, 33, organises workshops and events, counsels employers on inclusion and collects donations for new projects.

She and her team work together from home and from the office, and chat by video conference.She is one of the first people to take part in a […]

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CONVERSATIONS about Basic Income have been springing up across Scotland in recent months following the publication of the feasibility study in June.

These debates are vital if Scotland is to progress with a Basic Income pilot, and to support these conversations, we felt it important to go back to basics and unpack what Basic Income really means. In the fourth instalment of our blog series on Basic Income FAQs, Basic Income Network Scotland volunteer, Catherine Anderson, answers questions about why a Basic Income is uniform, and only varies according to age.

Basic Income Network Scotland defines Basic Income […]

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Photo by Photos Hobby on Unsplash It would be strange for people to hear that Milton Friedman, one of the greatest and well-known conservative economists, advocated for universal basic income.

Also, Austrian economist Friedrich Hayek, a major advocate of free-market economics, was a supporter of a minimum basic income.

But why?First and foremost, these were great economists who were attached to human principles and not ideals. If some ideas were better for humanity, they were willing to accept them. They didn’t subscribe to a black and white method of thinking of the world.We must explore why universal income is becoming necessary […]

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This Declaration summarises the shared consensus, critical demands and

commitment to Basic Income Grant implementation.1. For the past 30 years, far too many Namibians have been living under inhumaneand degrading conditions. We have been struggling to meet our basic human needsbut were confronted without a decent income, decent roofs over our heads, cleanwater and sanitation. Our human rights are violated by our leaders who have failedto improve our lives after independence. According to the United NationsDevelopment Programme (UNDP), Namibia continues to be among the countries inthe world with the lowest living standards and extreme differences between the […]

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The eToro multi asset brokerage has opted to make use of decentralized finance (DeFi) technology for it’s newly-launched Universal Basic Income (UBI) distribution platform, going by the name of GoodDollar. This will allow the platform to hand out crypto-backed stablecoins free of charge. Providing Financial Services To The Unbanked

GoodDollar stands as a registered non-profit, and will allow anyone to receive its native stablecoin ($G). Anyone with a phone number can create a wallet, as well.

This distributed platform will be capable of using the yield farming protocol, having recently been popularized, in order to sustain deposits made on the […]

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