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Explained: What is minimum income guarantee and how it may work?
Congress President Rahul Gandhi has promised to give the country’s poor a minimum amount of money f…
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Meet a mom of 2 who got $500 for 18 months through a guaranteed income program after her husband died
After her husband died, Rachel wanted to be there for her kids instead of working long hours to mak…
Jason Lalljee
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A California city gave some residents $500 monthly stipends. Here's the breakdown of how they spent the money over one year.
Most of the monthly stipends went toward food and merchandise. Less than 1% was spent on alcohol or…
Aria Bendix
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A California city gave some residents $500 per month. After a year, their unemployment rate had dropped, while the control group's rose.
The group that didn't receive the stipends saw unemployment rise from 14% in February 2019 to 15% i…
Aria Bendix
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First, Barbados said goodbye to the Queen and dubbed Rihanna a 'national hero.' Now, it wants to give money to its citizens forever.
Barbados better have my money. You don't have to work work work for it. Barbados is proposing unive…
Jason Lalljee
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Meet a teacher with cancer who was evicted, but got a new home thanks to $500 a month from a guaranteed-income program
"The first thing I thought was, 'This is going to be really bad,'" Elizabeth Softky told Insider. B…
Jason Lalljee
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A San Francisco basic-income experiment helped two-thirds of its homeless participants secure permanent housing in 6 months
With $500 a month and some social support, these Miracle Money participants found permanent housing…
Jason Lalljee
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A Tokyo neighborhood is offering anyone who gets coronavirus a $935 check, and some worry it could lead to a wave of deliberate infections
Shinjuku ward in central Tokyo says it will give 100,000 yen (around $935) to any citizen in the ar…
Will Martin
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Meet a mom of 2 who got $1,000 a month through a basic income program for a year it helped her family pay their bills after an unexpected crisis
Kimberly McNair also has a full-time job, but it's not enough for her and her two sons — espe…
Jason Lalljee
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Universal basic income is working even in red states
All across America, giving people free cash is reducing homelessness, increasing employment, and im…
Michael Venutolo-Mantovani
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Baltimore will give out $1,000 monthly no-strings-attached checks to young parents for 2 years
Lower-income residents, especially young parents, "really need this now more than ever," Mayor Bran…
Juliana Kaplan,Jason Lalljee
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Chicago just approved one of the US's largest basic-income pilots: $500 monthly payments for 5,000 people
Participants in the Chicago pilot will be chosen at random, but individuals must earn less than $35…
Aria Bendix
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The group that brought a basic income to Compton explains how it works better than welfare, and how they'll bring it to more cities soon
UBI-style programs have seen a surge in popularity throughout the US. At least 11 direct-cash exper…
Jason Lalljee
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The world's poorest countries should consider launching a $465 billion cash handout programme to fight the coronavirus, a UN report says
"Bailouts and recovery plans cannot only focus on big markets and big business," UNDP administrator…
Shalini Nagarajan
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An idea that should die after 2016: The Universal Basic Income
But it has become subject of fascination for policy wonks across the ideological spectrum because o…
Josh Barro
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Andrew Yang's nonprofit will give $500 to 20 New Yorkers every month for 5 years in his first big experiment with universal basic income
The low-income residents will be picked from a town in upstate New York and will likely start getti…
Marguerite Ward
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Spain is about to bring in a basic income scheme which the government thinks will 'stay forever'
Up to 1 million families would receive a monthly pay-out from Spain's government to support them du…
Thomas Colson
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Andrew Yang is founding a 3rd political party aimed at centrists and breaking up the 'duopoly' of Democrats and the GOP: source
A source close to Yang and familiar with the plans confirmed the unnamed party's formation to Insid…
Jake Lahut
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A California city gave some residents $500 per month. After a year, the group wound up with more full-time jobs and less depression.
Unemployment among basic-income recipients in Stockton, California, dropped to 8% in February 2020 …