Opportunity’s ‘citizen’s income’ policy would do the least for the worst off, and retains many of the current system’s targeting complexities.
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The study found that regularly getting cash made it easier for many homeless people to meet their immediate and personal needs.
Today’s basic income proponents say cash payments would be good for everyone. In the 1790s, the idea’s inventor argued something else: It was owed to everyone.
The policy of providing guaranteed cash incomes has gained momentum in recent years. This tool to tackle inequality has the potential to address racial resentment.
A few hundred extra dollars a month would go a long way for many Coloradans.
Voters in the German city of Hamburg recently rejected the idea of a free payment for all residents.
AI’s evangelists are promising a future of almost unimaginable prosperity. There’s good reason to be sceptical.
As AI and automation transform the workplace, a universal basic income is one possible solution. But research is beginning to show the unpredictable outcomes of such unconditional cash transfers.
A UBI pilot in Wales gives a sum of money to young people leaving the care system. But it won’t be rolled out beyond its trial period.
Investing in people’s future mental health, based on the key socioeconomic factors underlying it, is the only way to address this rising problem.
The U.S. and Canada both have different approaches when it comes to work conditions and income assistance programs.
Our research estimates the cost of giving money to people in conservation areas as between $351 billion and $6.73 trillion annually.
Targeted income support could help tackle big social and ecological challenges.
New research suggests Canadians were more likely to support Ottawa’s COVID-19 financial aid if they recognized others were dealing with financial struggles, no matter their own economic situation.
Instead of a guaranteed fixed income, a universal job guarantee policy provides jobs — and wages — to people who aren’t able to find work on their own.
Basic income should form part of a practical comprehensive plan for eliminating poverty in Canada.
A global team of researchers analyzed 34 studies of unconditional cash-transfer programs administered in low- and middle-income countries.
A new scheme in the Republic of Ireland provides a compelling model for supporting Australian artists.
Challenges in evidence, long-term planning and public understanding mean that universal basic income has become easier said than done.
An economist explains what it would cost to give SNAP benefits to all Americans in households earning up to about $100,000 per year – and why it would be worth it.
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