Finland Explores Offering a Universal Basic Income to its Citizens
Universal Basic Income (UBI) The Finnish Social Insurance Institution is now working on a proposal for a universal state-facilitated payment for every Finnish citizen. If fully implemented, this would...
View ArticleArguments Made in Favor of Universal Basic Income at the World Economic Forum
Sir Christopher Pissarides is a Nobel prize-winning economist and the Regius professor at the London School of Economics. Recently, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, he expressed his support for a...
View ArticleUniversal Basic Income: The Answer to Automation?
57% of the world's jobs are at risk of being automated. Universal Basic Income may be our only way out. Here's why. The post Universal Basic Income: The Answer to Automation? appeared first on Futurism.
View Article5 Views on What Basic Income Should Be and Why It Matters
It seems that basic income is on the lips of everyone today. From Finland to the Netherlands, Switzerland to Canada, governments and cities have embraced the idea as one worth testing. Although talk of...
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India’s Top Economist Announces His Support For Universal Basic Income
It’s only a matter of time before robots and AI dominate our workplaces and replace the need for human laborers. That’s partly why some futurists and economists argue for a basic income — guaranteed...
View ArticleThe U.S. Could Adopt Universal Basic Income in Less Than 20 Years
Daniel Araya: Scott, everyone seems to be talking about universal basic income as a way to resolve technological unemployment. How do you define basic income? How did you come to embrace the idea of...
View ArticleNew Basic Income Project Set to Launch in January
Income for All Universal Basic Income (UBI) has been gaining a lot of traction as of late with various industry experts, government officials, and financial experts expressing the need to explore the...
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Is Universal Basic Income a Good Idea? Stick Around, Because We’re About to...
A Lively Debate Barack Obama predicted it: Universal basic income (UBI) is under debate. In a UBI system, all citizens are given a flat income regardless of their employment situation — essentially,...
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Is a Universal Basic Income the Answer to Automation-Caused Unemployment?
Disruption and Displacement While technological advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics will clearly make a lot of processes easier and more cost-effective, the impending...
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Here’s Why the Answer to Increasing Automation Could Be Universal Basic Income
A New Industrial Revolution The world is already on the cusp of a new industrial revolution—one that will be brought about by automation based on artificial intelligence (AI). According to a joint...
View ArticleFinland Has Finally Launched Its Universal Basic Income Experiment
New Year, New Income It looks like 2,000 citizens in Finland will welcome the new year with outstretched arms. These Finns are the lucky recipients of a guaranteed income beginning this year, as the...
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World’s Largest Democratic Country to Endorse Universal Basic Income
An Official Endorsement With Finland implementing a universal basic income (UBI) experiment that will run for the next two years, it seems that UBI is getting more attention as a viable system. Now, a...
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This Week in Science: Dec 31, 2016 – Jan 6, 2017
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CEO Argues Universal Basic Income Is Necessary for Social Stability
Bedingungsloses Grundeinkommen It’s 2017 and universal basic income (UBI) is in the spotlight, thanks primarily to Finland’s pioneering experiment. But even before this, several countries had been...
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Meet the Person Whose Life Is Being Changed by Universal Basic Income
The Reputation of UBI Lets face it. Getting money each month just for being alive sounds pretty great. But with that perk comes a whole bunch of backlash. Universal Basic Income (UBI) is a concept...
View ArticleThe U.S. Could Adopt Universal Basic Income in Less Than 20 Years
Daniel Araya: Scott, everyone seems to be talking about universal basic income as a way to resolve technological unemployment. How do you define basic income? How did you come to embrace the idea of...
View ArticleFinland Explores Offering a Universal Basic Income to its Citizens
Universal Basic Income (UBI) The Finnish Social Insurance Institution is now working on a proposal for a universal state-facilitated payment for every Finnish citizen. If fully implemented, this would...
View ArticleArguments Made in Favor of Universal Basic Income at the World Economic Forum
Sir Christopher Pissarides is a Nobel prize-winning economist and the Regius professor at the London School of Economics. Recently, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, he expressed his support for a...
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Universal Basic Income: The Answer to Automation?
The post Universal Basic Income: The Answer to Automation? appeared first on Futurism.
View Article5 Views on What Basic Income Should Be and Why It Matters
It seems that basic income is on the lips of everyone today. From Finland to the Netherlands, Switzerland to Canada, governments and cities have embraced the idea as one worth testing. Although talk of...
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