Eva Vivalt leads landmark basic income study
August 27, 2024
University of Toronto Eva Vivalt, an assistant professor in the Department of Economics, played a leading role in a research practice partnership (RPP) that spent
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Basic income as an innovative social protection tool
August 21, 2024
socialprotection.org As a tool that speaks to 7 out of the 17 SDGs, basic income pilots have shown transformative effects in communities. This blog post
Unlocking human potential through a universal basic income
August 21, 2024
Waterloo Magazine Growing up in a family where money was scarce, Floyd Marinescu (BMath ’02) saw firsthand the impacts of working class poverty. “Money was
Money for nothing: is universal basic income about to transform society?
August 21, 2024
The Guardian When Elinor O’Donovan found out she had been randomly selected to participate in a basic income pilot scheme, she couldn’t believe her luck.
A Better World is Possible: What Is Basic Income and How Does It Support Well-Being?
August 10, 2024
Amherst Indy In October 1936, 200 men marched from South Tyneside to London to protest against the poverty and unemployment in their town, Jarrow. Nearly a century
August 10, 2024
Business Insider Tatiana Lopez’s newborn, Matteo, curled up in her arms. His tiny fingers clung to her T-shirt as she stood in her Flint, Michigan
AI could lead to massive job losses. Is basic income a possible answer?
August 10, 2024
Euro News Last week, the research arm of the world’s most well-known artificial intelligence (AI) company released a large study on universal basic income. OpenResearch,
How AI might accelerate the onset of a universal basic income
July 30, 2024
Big Issue The core argument remains static. Universal basic income is never completely universal, it’s far from simple and, at present, it doesn’t really offer sustained or
July 30, 2024
Business Insider What happens when you give people $1,000 a month? They may start thinking about launching a business. Earlier this month, the nonprofit OpenResearch