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Forget UBI, says an economist: It's time for universal basic jobs
Pavlina Tcherneva talks about "The Case for a Job Guarantee," and how public-sector work can pull us out of crises both immediate and long-term.
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Andrew Yang is pushing Big Tech to pay users for data
The former presidential candidate believes your data is your property, and if you choose to share it, you should also share in the value.
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Spain is deploying a basic income to citizens to ease the coronavirus impact
Spain has approved the first nationwide basic income, but there are doubts the initiative will reduce high levels of unemployment and inequality.
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Andrew Yang launches Universal Basic Income trial run in South Carolina
Former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang gained a ton of support during his run for the presidency on his platform for an universal basic income (UBI). In it, he proposed that every American adult over the age of 18 would receive $1,000 a month with no strings attached and no questions asked, which he called the Freedom Dividend.
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Universal basic income seems to improve employment and well-being
The world’s most robust study of universal basic income has concluded that it boosts recipients’ mental and financial well-being, as well as modestly improving employment. Finland ran a two-year universal basic income study in 2017 and 2018, during which the government gave 2000 unemployed people aged between 25 and 58 monthly payments with no strings attached.
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Finnish basic income pilot improved wellbeing, study finds
First major study of scheme comes as economic toll of coronavirus prompts fresh interest in idea
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'Time has come' for universal basic income, says Sturgeon
Coronavirus prompts Scotland’s first minister to make UBI a policy priority
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Why universal basic income could help us fight the next wave of economic shocks
Until six weeks ago many hung on to the vague idea that people’s relationship with work divided them along binary lines: into winners and precarious losers; “aspirational” types and those who were dependent on the state; and those who had either adjusted to globalisation or were the casualties of it. But if any of this was ever true, the coronavirus crisis has surely consigned most of it to history. Insecurity is now at the heart of tens of millions of lives. Put another way, the “precariat” has suddenly expanded to denote a potentially universal condition.
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Spain to become first country in Europe to roll out a universal basic income
Government plans to keep payments ‘a permanent instrument’ after pandemic is over
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A universal basic income could help counter COVID-19's economic damage
"Be fast and have no regrets." That was the defining quote from the March 13 COVID-19 briefing at the World Health Organization, spoken by Dr. Michael Ryan, the World Health Organization (WHO) executive director of health emergencies. "Speed trumps perfection," he added. "The greatest error is not to move."
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Over 170 MPs and Lords call for universal basic income during coronavirus pandemic
Over 170 MPs and peers have urged the government to introduce a universal basic income to "give everyone the financial support they need to provide for themselves and their families" during the coronavirus pandemic. In a letter to chancellor Rishi Sunak the parliamentarians say that the plan to pay every adult a flat, unconditional sum of money each week for the duration of the crisis is a "practical, not ideological" proposal.
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Try universal basic income now, NYC: Andrew Yang says coronavirus makes the city an ideal testing ground for a bold idea
The novel coronavirus that’s reached pandemic proportions has already seen more than 13,000 U.S. cases, close to 4,000 of them here in New York. Neighboring New Jersey is seeing one of the highest death tolls, with one family hit particularly hard. And in an attempt to curb the spread of the disease despite a late start, social distancing has become the catchphrase most Americans are living by.
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Canada's cancelled basic income trial produces positive results
A new report, from researchers at McMaster University and Ryerson University, has surveyed over 200 participants from a prematurely cancelled basic income experiment that took place in Southern Ontario between 2017 and 2019. The report suggests participants saw improvements in mental health, housing stability and social relationships, along with less frequent visits to hospitals and doctors that lowered the impact on general health services.
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Andrew Yang says the coronavirus outbreak shows why we need basic income
Andrew Yang says a Universal Basic Income program would greatly help individuals and their communities during the coronavirus outbreak.
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People kept working, became healthier while on basic income: report
Participants in Ontario's prematurely cancelled basic income pilot project were happier, healthier and continued working even though they were receiving money from the provincial government with no-strings attached.
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Hull asks to be first UK city to trial universal basic income
Hull wants to become the first UK city to test a weekly universal basic income for its residents after a cross-party group of councillors formally backed the idea. The proposal would mean every adult would be paid a basic sum – potentially between £50 and £100 a week – regardless of income, and do away with the need for welfare. People receiving disability payments would instead get the equivalent sum in universal basic income (UBI) and there would be higher payments for pensioners and lower sums for children.
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$500 a month for free: Data shows how people spent the money
The first data from an experiment in a California city where needy people get $500 a month from the government shows they spend most of it on things such as food, clothing and utility bills. It is one of the few experiments testing the concept of “universal basic income,” an old idea getting new attention
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Andrew Yang will give a $12,000 basic income to a random Twitter follower
The presidential hopeful’s tacky yet effective method of promoting universal basic income.
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We've declared a climate emergency – here's what universal basic income could do to help the planet
The first step is admitting we have a problem, but what should come next to protect the planet?
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The colossal problem with universal basic income
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