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Business Tech The Department of Social Development has published a green paper on proposed social security and retirement forms for public comment. One of the

The Scottish government is to start work on plans for a “minimum income guarantee” aimed at reducing poverty and inequality. Social Justice Secretary Shona Robison

Roderick Benns and William McGinn One of Lindsay, Ontario’s premier dining spots, Hobart’s Steakhouse, is closed until the fall — despite restaurants getting the green

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