basicincome

In a new publication Cash in Hand, Marc Doussard, Jurgen De Wispelaere and Joe Chrisp make the case for basic income as a policy solution that reinvigorates left-behind places. Featuring a foreword by Olivier De Schutter, UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights. Often only viewed as a national policy, recent initiatives and debates […]

Taiwan’s proposed sovereign wealth fund should give every eligible citizen locked public wealth shares, pairing long-term public ownership with an annual distribution that people can take in cash or reinvest.

Imagine two plots of land in the heart of a big city, side by side, the exact same size. On one stands a gleaming fifty-story tower full of offices and apartments and shops. On the other sits a zero-story parking lot. Now ask yourself: which owner pays more in taxes? The tower owner does. We […]

Between 1996 and 2006, BIEN used a rudimentary website and international congresses to expand beyond Europe and become the Basic Income Earth Network.

Taiwan’s basic income debate is increasingly connected to who gains and loses from technology.