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Universal Basic Income

After 'Encouraging' Results From Finnish UBI Experiment, Experts Say the Time for Such a Bold Idea Is Now

Lorrine Paradela poses for a photograph in Stockton, California on February 7, 2020. Paradela, a 45-year-old single mother, is one of the 125 Stockton residents receiving monthly cash disbursements. The scoffed-at idea of paying everyone a basic income as machines take people's jobs is getting a fresh look as a possible remedy for economies cratered by the coronavirus pandemic.

Even Republican Voters Support $2,000 a Month Payments During Coronavirus Crisis: Poll

Eoin Higgins, staff writer

A sign warns residents to take steps to contol the coronavirus outbreak at the entrance to the Manhattan Bridge in Brooklyn on March 19, 2020 in New York City. (Photo: Victor J. Blue/Getty Images)

A plurality of all respondents cited a wealth tax as their preferred way to pay for the program.

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'The Send-People-Money Bids Are Ramping Up': As Trump Signals Direct Cash Payments, Progressives Say Check Size and Who Qualifies Matters

Julia Conley, staff writer

" Good," said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. "Now we must suspend student loan...

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Ontario's Right-Wing Government Hit With Class-Action Lawsuit for Canceling Basic Income Program

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"When we can't get justice from our elected officials, the courts stand ready...

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Ontario Premier Doug Ford.

'Disgusting'; 'Short-Sighted'; and 'Shameful': Ontario's Right-Wing Govt Nixes Basic Income Project

New York congressional candidate Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez speaks in support of Kansas Democrat Brent Welder at Jack Reardon Convention Center on Friday, July 20, 2018, in Kanas City, Kansas.

Debunking Pundits and Corporate Democrats, New Poll Finds 'Unabashedly Left' Agenda Extremely Popular

As Automation Concerns Grow, Support for Universal Basic Income Soars

"Curbing advertising, taxing carbon, a basic income, and a shorter work week" can be part of a strategy of "planned de-growth." (Photo: Generation Grundeinkommen/flickr/cc)

Universal Basic Income Needed to Break 'Addiction to Economic Growth Killing Us'

U.N. special rapportuer Philip Alston says a "basic income offers a bold and imaginative solution to pressing problems that are about to become far more intractable as a result of the directions in which the global economy appears inexorably to be heading."

UN Expert Touts Universal Basic Income as 'Bold and Imaginative Solution' to Poverty

Seeking Economic Justice for All, Hawaii First State to Consider Basic Income

Seeking Economic Justice for All, Hawaii First State to Consider Basic Income

Rutger Bregman speaks Tuesday at TED2017 in Vancouver, Canada.

Time for 'New, Radical Ideas,' Universal Basic Income Gets Thunderous Applause

Ontario to Launch North America's First Test of Universal Basic Income

Universal Basic Income Floated to Counter UK's Austerity-Driven Cuts

Universal Basic Income Floated to Counter UK's Austerity-Driven Cuts

To Lift Quality of Life and Economy, Finland Champions Universal Basic Income

To Lift Quality of Life and Economy, Finland Champions Universal Basic Income

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Universal Basic Income: Why a So-Called 'Solution' for Disappearing Jobs Makes Serfs of Us All

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From Social Wealth Funds to Universal Basic Income, the Precariat Age Demands Far-Reaching Solutions to Dismantle Mass Inequality

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Obama Has Jumped on the Universal Basic Income Bandwagon—Let’s Make Sure It’s a Tool to Help Solve Inequality, Not Enforce It

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