Basic Income Earth
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Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN) was founded in 1986 as an international organisation that fosters informed discussion about a Basic Income.
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http://basicincome.org 13-03-2011 20:09:36
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Join the movement for a Canadian #BasicIncome by voting for bills S-233 and C-223
Your involvement could have truly outsize consequences
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Remember that #BasicIncome initiative out of Ireland aimed at supporting artists?
It's apparently been deemed succesful enough to justify an expansion
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Looks like a legal big to block #BasicIncome initiative in Harris County, Texas
More of this please 👏
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Really good here from @[email protected] looking at demonisation of the poor & unpaid carers in UK
Important through a #BasicIncome lens as it shows how many view carers, unpaid work, benefits recipients and those in poverty, with parasite-like distain
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This is a big read, but really worth your time
Big rigorous scientific study comparing impact of antiretroviral treatments and #BasicIncome transfers on child mortality in #SouthAfrica - another big endorsement of positive impact cash transfers can make
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Climate Crisis apparently set to drop average world incomes by 20% as cost of environmental damage bites
This will require a reimagining of money, labour and support, an situation where a #BasicIncome could do a lot of good
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Conditional benefits inherently favour some groups ahead of others
Kudos to this piece for shining a light on 'those who social safety nets leave behind', in this case working-age US citizens who are not raising kids
#BasicIncome now!
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The #BasicIncome movement has the potential to unite many perspectives, and this Conservative defence of a Basic Income is worth a read- not least because poverty is not, as so eloquently posited here, a zero-sum game
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Can a #BasicIncome overcome violence?
Tune in to the latest lecture announced by the folks at the Freiburg Institute for Basic Income Studies to find out more
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Interesting from Jane Costello of @Duke University looking at impact of community profit
According to study, savings on crime and medical expenditure at age 26 outweighed cost of $4000 annual supplement by 3-1
Good demo of what a #BasicIncome can do
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Upcoming #BasicIncome film 'Not That Basic' has a teaser trailer out
Have a click below to find out more
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Call from British farmers for agricultural #BasicIncome makes a splash in Al Jazeera English, as paucity of European support makes farming 'unsustainable' in country
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Love this, looking at changing models of support for the Global South, courtesy of Bretton Woods Proj.
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The spike in cost of living has led to a lot of new interest in #BasicIncome , and this from @Robert Reich does a great job highlighting the key role that monopolistic market factors combine to push consumer prices hire
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Really enjoyed this from Jon Munitz looking at 'educational dividend' #BasicIncome would bring about, citing a ' future where UBI nurtures a culture of lifelong learning and personal growth, encouraging continuous knowledge-seeking and self-improvement'
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