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Basic Income on the March (a month in review)

Basic income as a global movement around an idea is officially spreading like wildfire. According to Google Trends, interest in the idea…
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Scott SantensApr 7

Why France is so, so close to being right

But is still 100% wrongFrance is currently wrapped up in strikes and protests against a new labor law, commonly referred to as the El Khomri law, after its author. Students, unions, and others are protesting a law that is widely held as being ineffective at best (in improving the economy) and damaging at worst (by furthering a precarious job market in the country). In some ways, these protests are correct — there is a growing uncertainty regarding jobs, and the solutions in the new law don’t seem to please anyone.
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Kyle HallApr 6
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A basic income will revolutionize charitable giving

A basic income will revolutionize charitable giving

What’s a basic income? An unconditional payment from the government to its adult citizens. In the US, you’re probably looking at something…
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Jeff KrimmelMar 30
A basic income matters, even if you make six figures or more

A basic income matters, even if you make six figures or more

A basic income is an unconditional payment from the federal government to every adult citizen. How much would the payment be? In the US…
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Jeff KrimmelMar 24

Deep Learning Is Going to Teach Us All the Lesson of Our Lives: Jobs Are for Machines

The Basic Income Collection’s latest article published earlier today by Scott Santens has quickly garnered over 70,000 views and 140…
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Scott SantensMar 16
Deep Learning Is Going to Teach Us All the Lesson of Our Lives: Jobs Are for Machines

Deep Learning Is Going to Teach Us All the Lesson of Our Lives: Jobs Are for Machines

(An alternate version of this article was originally published in the Boston Globe)
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Scott SantensMar 16
Could Oregon’s Carbon Dividend Proposal Help Bring About A Basic Income?

Could Oregon’s Carbon Dividend Proposal Help Bring About A Basic Income?

As universal basic income becomes more widely accepted as a public policy option, we may find the conversation shifting from whether to…
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Saul of HeartsMar 5
Inequality and the Basic Income Guarantee

Inequality and the Basic Income Guarantee

by Scott Santens
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Scott SantensFeb 26
A failure to communicate on UBI

A failure to communicate on UBI

As some science fiction would have it, in the future we will have things mostly taken care of for us. Although there will always be limits…
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David StinsonFeb 8
If We Can Afford Our Current Welfare System, We Can Afford Basic Income

If We Can Afford Our Current Welfare System, We Can Afford Basic Income

Basic income (BI) is getting a lot of press these days. From Switzerland’s upcoming referendum to give each citizen 2,500 francs per month…
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Max GhenisJan 23
Basic Income & Meaningless Jobs: David Graeber interview & Stenography

Basic Income & Meaningless Jobs: David Graeber interview & Stenography

Recently, Switzerland’s government has agreed to vote on implementing a Basic Income. If it passes, then Switzerland will be one of the…
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Austin MundayFeb 1
Basic Income: The Idea Whose Time Has Come

Basic Income: The Idea Whose Time Has Come

Benefit payouts (including the state pension) are expected to come to about £171 billion in 2015/16.
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Paul TaylorJan 31
On the Record: Bernie Sanders on Basic Income

On the Record: Bernie Sanders on Basic Income

There’s an increasing number of people asking Bernie Sanders if he supports the idea of universal basic income. You may be surprised to…
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Scott SantensJan 29
MLK on Guaranteed Income

MLK on Guaranteed Income

In his own words…
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Matt OrfaleaNov 10, 2015
SNOW DAYS: A Basic Income Blizzard

SNOW DAYS: A Basic Income Blizzard

Give everyone $1,000/month. It’s called Unconditional Basic Income.
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Matt OrfaleaJan 25
Faith in a life to come: how Labour can embrace the future

Faith in a life to come: how Labour can embrace the future

‘And this reminds us that faith in a life to come served not only as a consolation to the poor but also as some emotional compensation for…
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Alex WhiteJan 13
Robin Hoodwinked: How Billion Dollar Powerballs Reflect 21st Century Inequality

Robin Hoodwinked: How Billion Dollar Powerballs Reflect 21st Century Inequality

State lotteries take from the poor to give to the rich, but we have options and there is a game-changing alternative
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Scott SantensJan 16
Let’s be done with subsidies already: an idea for India

Let’s be done with subsidies already: an idea for India

There is a simple way to go about it: a universal basic income
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Saahil ParekhDec 29, 2015
Unconditional Basic Income: a hand out or a hand in?

Unconditional Basic Income: a hand out or a hand in?

What would you do if you were given a basic monthly income to count on — just enough to pay the rent and maybe buy a little food — without…
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Kathryn ThomsenJan 8
A Fundamentally American Idea

A Fundamentally American Idea

The contemporary tendency in our society is to base our distribution on scarcity, which has vanished, and to compress our abundance into…
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Benjamin David SteeleDec 26, 2015
Humans Need Not Apply

Humans Need Not Apply

What happens to us when employment becomes the exception, not the rule?
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Thaddeus HowzeDec 20, 2015
The Path to an American Basic Income

The Path to an American Basic Income

“I like the idea, but it’ll never happen.”
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Jim PughDec 15, 2015
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