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Wien anders, “12 Punkte für ein anderes Wien” [12 policies for change in Vienna]
A left-leaning alliance is contesting the upcoming elections in the Austrian capital of Vienna with unconditional basic income at the very top of its twelve-point electoral program. The so-called Wien...
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Mario Charette, “Un revenue minimum garantit la liberté” (“Basic income...
The francophone Métro newspaper in Canada has run an in-depth article promoting a universal basic income in its careers advice section. The article by job-market and study-choice expert commentator...
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Judith Tielen, “7 redenen waarom de VVD het ‘experiment basisinkomen’ in...
A local branch of the powerful Dutch liberal party VVD has issued a strongly worded rejection of the proposed basic income pilot project for the city of Utrecht. The VVD’s Utrecht spokesperson on work...
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Scott Santens, “Minimum Wages vs. Universal Basic Income”
Basic income advocate Scott Santens has published a piece in the Huffington Post arguing that a UBI is a vastly superior alternative to minimum wages policies, which he says treat only the symptoms...
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Guy Standing, “The UK budget: King Canute and the triumph of moralism over...
Basic income advocate Guy Standing provides a portrayal of the functional cynicism of the ruling Conservative Party’s recent UK budget announcements, showing how the policy package reflects a...
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Daniel Raventós and Julie Wark, “The Basic Income debate: political,...
This essay by Daniel Raventós and Julie Wark is a thorough yet condensed analysis of today’s situation of the Basic Income activism, particularly the one within Spanish reality. It acutely focuses on...
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Olivia Arigho Stiles, “Universal Basic Income – treading the ‘capitalist road...
This article rests on an interview with two Max Weber Fellows, Juliana Bidadanure and Ropert Lepenies, who are also Basic Income enthusiastic defenders and organizers of a summer conference on Basic...
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SPAIN: Spanish Podemos’ Círculo Renta Básica (Basic Income Group) presents...
Spain is preparing for general elections, and the party known as Podemos has found itself at the center of the latest political dispute. As a progressive movement, Podemos has started out by...
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FINLAND: Basic Income Considered to Reform Welfare System
The Finnish Government is interested in the basic income. Prime Minister Juha Sipila has expressed support for the idea, saying, “For me, a basic income means simplifying the social security system.” 4...
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Jack Smith IV, “Basic Income, the Most Radical Innovation in Minimum Wage,...
This article discusses how Basic Income is an increasingly popular policy among information technology professions who are creating technology and is replacing many conventional jobs. The article...
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Nicolas Colin and Bruno Palier, “The next safety net”
The global economy is rapidly transforming as technology captures an increasingly greater share of human workforce, leaving many behind. The answer to this issue is a basic income guarantee, according...
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United Kingdom: Cartoon Introduction for Basic Income
Citizen’s Income Trust in the UK has published a comic strip introductory leaflet (pdf) online. It is written by Seán Michael Wilson, and illustrated by Carl Thompson. The post United Kingdom: Cartoon...
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Marcus Brancaglione, “Letter to the Basic Income European Week”
Marcus Brancaglione, president of the Institute for the deinstitutionalization of life: ReCivitas, sends his solidarity message to ‘the Basic Income Week’. Brancaglione, with Bruna Augusto, initiated...
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Daniel Araya, “Interview: Scott Santens talks universal basic income, and why...
Daniel Araya sits down with Scott Santens, writer and advocate of universal basic income (UBI) for all, what it is and how it could work for the United States. The conversation centres around public...
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Roderick Benns, “Mayor of Iqaluit says basic income policy would bring...
SUMMARY: Mary Wilman, the mayor of Iqaluit, discusses the challenges specific to the capital of Nunavut. Job scarcity, food costs, and lack of recognition of traditional lifestyles under current...
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Mark White, “The robots are stealing our jobs: could a basic income system...
This article discusses the ongoing and accelerating pace of automation in Australia, with 5 million jobs expected to be replaced in the coming decades. Both the benefits and risks of this change are...
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Roderick Benns, “‘There’s a good case to be made for a basic income': Halifax...
Halifax Mayor Mike Savage joins the ranks of major Canadian city politicians in support of a basic income guarantee for their citizens, citing improved social cohesion and better balance of...
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Robin Jessen, Davud Rostam-Afschar, and Viktor Steiner, “Welche Effekte hätte...
This article presents a proposal for how basic income could work in Germany. An Unconditional Basic Income of 800 € per month and adult person (corresponding to the actual,...
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Federico Pistono, “As tech threatens jobs, we must test a universal basic...
In the past, when technology displaced jobs, many other opportunities for jobs were created by the same technology. However, an article by Federico Pistono in the New Scientist says that increasing...
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Christine Emba, “Universal basic income: A primer”
The Washington Post kicked off a week of coverage regarding the Universal Basic Income (UBI) with an article by Chrstine Emba offering the history and background of the UBI concept. Emba describes the...
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