BIEN
Is the core of basic income about the cash or about something more? In the summer 2025 cohort of BIEN’s UBI Youth Scholars Program, the university students discussed in their opening research assignment about how they view basic income as being more than just an economic policy.
UBI Youth Scholars is a program for university-level students to learn about basic income from prominent UBI scholars around the world. Students partake in basic income lecture series and assignments and complete the program with a group project, such as a research white paper. This summer’s cohort primarily hails from several universities across mainland China.
Today, BIEN is featuring two of the youth scholars’ opening assignment to define basic income.
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