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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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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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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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Germany is beginning a universal-basic-income trial with people getting $1,400 a month for 3 years
The scientist leading the research, Jürgen Schupp, said it would improve the debate about universal…
Adam Payne
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The final results are in: Finland's basic-income trial found people were happier, but weren't more likely to get jobs
Basic income has gained renewed interest during the pandemic with millions people out of work and n…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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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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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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Canada's 'beautifully surprising' basic income study shows how business needs to reconsider human nature
Started in 2018, the New Leaf project gave select homeless people in Canada $7,500 no strings attac…
Chris Weller
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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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One of the world's largest basic-income trials, a 2-year program in Finland, was a major flop. But experts say the test was flawed.
In an article for Jacobin, Jimmy O'Donnell, a senior research assistant at The Brookings Institutio…
Aria Bendix,Aria Bendix
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A group of young people in Silicon Valley could get $1,000 per month from the county government in a trial of basic income
Presidential candidate Andrew Yang has thrust basic income into the national spotlight; Yang promis…
Aria Bendix,Aria Bendix
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The Choctaw Nation is giving its members $2,000 apiece in universal basic income from stimulus funds. Other tribes are trying similar things.
The Choctaw, Navajo, Cherokee, and Osage tribes all unveiled direct-payment plans. Their announceme…
Ben Winck
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Chicago could soon become the biggest US city to trial a universal basic income
A universal basic income scheme is already in place in Alaska, where up to $2,000 is given to …
Sinéad Baker,Sinéad Baker,Sin…
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The first major basic income trial in the US just announced how it plans to give away free money
The city's basic income pilot is fully funded by private donations, not tax dollars, according to a…
Peter Kotecki
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I bought a pre-built tiny house for my yard that brings in passive income. Here's how I set it up.
Steph Douglass shares her best tips on how she created this passive income stream using tiny houses.
Jenna Gyimesi
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The 29-year-old mayor giving his city's poorest residents $500 a month says early results make him 'even more confident' in his basic-income trial
Nearly 70% of the participants receiving a monthly stipend in Stockton are women. The researchers b…
Aria Bendix,Aria Bendix
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Twitter billionaire Jack Dorsey just announced he will be funding a universal basic income experiment that could affect up to 7 million people
Jack Dorsey's fellow Silicon Valley billionaires Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg think a universal ba…
Taylor Nicole Rogers
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The largest basic income experiment in history just launched in Kenya
"The past 19 months since we announced our plans to test UBI have been remarkable," GiveDirectly CF…
Chris Weller
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Germany just guaranteed unemployed citizens around $330 per month indefinitely. The policy looks a lot like basic income.
The new ruling prevents the government from slashing more than 30% of an unemployed person's benefi…