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The Conversation The basic income grant debate has been rumbling in South Africa for two decades, ever since the grant was recommended by the Committee

Can guaranteed monthly payments be enough to lift people out of poverty? The state of California thinks so. A new guaranteed income program in Los

Pressenza Towards the end of the 18th century, the economist Thomas Malthus published a study linking demographic dynamics and the dynamics of food production. This

U.S. Catholic In the early months of the COVID-19 crisis, more than 1,200 economists from around the world urged governments in an open letter to

Supporters of universal basic income have called for a trial in Wales to include everyone living in a test area. BBC News UBI pays everyone

US BIG The movement for a basic income guarantee (BIG) has come a long way since the USBIG Network was founded in 1999 as the US affiliate of BIEN, and

Stanford Social Innovation Review Recently I joined a discussion organized by a group of Japanese university students about making a career out of what you

Open Democracy The COVID pandemic revealed and exacerbated structural problems and inequalities that were already present at many levels of our societies and economies. One of the

With news this week of police raids on homeless encampments in Toronto, and as rumours of a federal election swirl, let’s each ask our representatives