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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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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, 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 …
Aria Bendix
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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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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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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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Living on basic-income for 2 years made me 'feel free' says a journalist who took part in one of the world's largest trials
Finland's major basic-income trial was controversial, but one journalist who took part in it descri…
Thomas Colson
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Spain is moving to establish permanent basic income in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic
Spain is moving to implement a permanent basic income as a measure to help workers and families…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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Twitter billionaire Jack Dorsey just donated $15 million to fund basic-income pilot projects in at least 9 US cities
Dorsey's investment will help cities like Pittsburgh and Los Angeles launch their basic-income prog…
Aria Bendix
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Canadian researchers gave $7,500 to people without a home — and the results show the power of universal basic income
More jurisdictions across the world are experimenting with the idea of a universal basic income, a …
Marguerite Ward
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Los Angeles could offer thousands of poor residents $1,000 a month, 'no questions asked'
"$1,000 a month to 2,000 households for an entire year," Mayor Eric Garcetti said Tuesday, "no ques…
Lauren Frias,Charles Davis
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Los Angeles is launching the US' biggest universal basic income pilot. The scheme will pay $1,000 a month to 3,000 families.
The City of Los Angeles said there would be "no restrictions" on how the 3,000 families on the sche…
Grace Dean
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Elon Musk tweeted his support for a universal basic income after a majority-Black coalition of mayors pledge similar schemes in 11 US cities
11 mayors are advocating for a guaranteed income policy. Elon Musk seemed to back the measure in a …
Mia Jankowicz
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A basic-income pilot in Florida will give formerly incarcerated people $600 per month for a year, no strings attached
Formerly incarcerated people in Florida will receive $1,000 in January 2022, then $600 per month as…
Aria Bendix
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The new stimulus bill includes a groundbreaking basic-income policy - parents can receive up to $3,600 per child this year
Parents can receive up to $300 per child each month from July to December, no strings attached. It'…
Aria Bendix
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Saint Paul, Minnesota, will give some residents $500 per month for the next year and a half in a seminal basic-income pilot
The Saint Paul city council voted on Wednesday to approve funding for a basic-income trial. The mon…
Aria Bendix
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A city in the San Francisco Bay Area is giving some families $500 per month for 18 months - no strings attached
A trial of basic income in Oakland, California, will distribute monthly stipends of $500 to 600 low…
Aria Bendix
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Basic income experts say Trump could be the radical change America needs
"People feel uncertain and anxious about the future," Jim Pugh, CEO of Share Progress and co-founde…
Chris Weller
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The Indian government is about to endorse giving all its citizens free money
"The most striking thing which we hadn't actually anticipated is that the emancipatory effect was g…
Thomas Colson
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A California city is launching the first US experiment in basic income - meet the 27-year-old mayor behind it
In a basic income system, participants get a fixed amount of money that they can use however they w…