Will Universal Basic Income Save Us from AI?
The Walrus Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, has ideas about the future. One of them is about how you’ll make money. In short, you won’t necessarily have to, even if your…
Basic income ‘prevents poverty’
The Highlander Judy Paul is one of a handful of Highlanders trying to progress the idea of a universal basic income (UBI), believing it to be the key to eradicating…
Conservationists Propose “Global Conservation Basic Income” To Safeguard Biodiversity
WCS Newsroom Publishing in the journal Nature Sustainability, a team of conservationists led by the Wildlife Conservation Society say that providing a “Conservation Basic Income” (CBI) – of $5.50 per day…
Universal basic income could alleviate the crisis as artificial intelligence leads to job losses
PressEnza This is according to Andrej Badilla, political scientist, researcher at the Centro de Investigación enCultura y Desarrollo of the Universidad Estatal a Distancia and member of the Red por…
Antigonish Town Council To Send A Letters In Support Of Guaranteed Livable Basic Income
989XFM Following a presentation by the Antigonish Coalition to End Poverty last night, Antigonish Town Council voted to pass a motion to send a letter to the prime minister, the premier,…
NYC Guaranteed Income Program Goes From Pilot to Permanent
Bloomberg A monthly cash payment program for new mothers in New York is going from pilot project to permanent program, as the city debates using public dollars to fuel guaranteed…
Council to consider advocating for basic income program
Stratford Today Stratford City Council will consider advocating for a basic income program. At Monday night's regular council meeting a delegation from United Way Perth-Huron (UWPH) and Huron Perth Public Health…
Basic income could create a more just food system in Canada
Phys.org Canada's food system is experiencing ongoing stresses from supply chain disruptions, price inflation and extreme weather events. Canadians are feeling the effects of these stresses: in 2021, nearly 16% of provincial…
Knee-jerk criticisms of UBI (mandatory participation on trial — part three)
Karl Widerquist Virtually any new idea meets with fallacious, knee-jerk criticisms. UBI is no exception. Some of the most common such criticisms of UBI portray it as being against paid…
The essential reason I support UBI and a voluntary participation economy – mandatory participation on trial part two
Karl Widerquist It’s wrong for anyone to come between another person and the resources they need to survive. No person or group has the moral authority to impose conditions on…
