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- Arlington's first guaranteed income pilot boosted QoL for poorest residents https://www.arlnow.com/2024/02/06/report-arlingtons-first-guaranteed-income-pilot-boosted-quality-of-life-for-poorest-residents/ 14 comments
- Texas Supreme Court says Harris County's guaranteed income program "unconstitutional" https://www.chron.com/news/article/harris-county-guaranteed-income-19514835.php 7 comments law
- Austin becomes the first Texas city to experiment with ‘guaranteed income’ https://www.click2houston.com/news/texas/2022/05/05/austin-becomes-the-first-texas-city-to-experiment-with-guaranteed-income/ 11 comments politics
- Oakland will give some families of color $500 a month, one of the biggest tests yet for guaranteed income https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/03/24/oakland-guaranteed-income-race-wealth/ 16 comments politics
- Guaranteed income programs are proliferating https://www.axios.com/guaranteed-income-programs-cities-8fffc3a0-e203-4aa9-919e-e27782c5d315.html 26 comments moderatepolitics
- 2021 Will Be the Year of Guaranteed Income Experiments https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-04/guaranteed-income-gains-popularity-after-covid-19 3 comments politics
- Support Grows for Guaranteed Income Among America’s Mayors -- More city leaders are committing to explore universal basic income experiments that are grounded in civil rights ideals. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-02/to-expand-the-safety-net-more-mayors-back-ubi?in_source=postr_story_2 17 comments politics
- Kristalina Georgieva: ‘Spain’s guaranteed minimum income is a good instrument to improve equality’ https://english.elpais.com/economy_and_business/2020-06-17/kristalina-georgieva-spains-guaranteed-minimum-income-is-a-good-instrument-to-improve-equality.html 3 comments worldnews
- Spain’s guaranteed minimum income scheme will reach 255,000 people by June 26, says PM https://english.elpais.com/politics/2020-06-07/spains-guaranteed-minimum-income-scheme-will-reach-255000-people-by-june-26-says-pm.html 5 comments worldnews
- Spain’s guaranteed minimum income scheme will come with €5.5bn price tag https://english.elpais.com/economy_and_business/2020-04-19/spains-guaranteed-minimum-income-scheme-will-come-with-55bn-price-tag.html 31 comments europe
- Spain's deputy PM Pablo Iglesias joins with ministers from Portugal and Italy to call for a pan-EU minimum income guarantee to “establish European standards of dignity and to protect consumption”. https://www.forexlive.com/news/!/spain-deputy-pm-warns-eu-step-up-or-risk-extinction-20200508 26 comments worldnews
- Why Americans Need a Guaranteed Income https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/01/opinion/universal-basic-income-coronavirus.html?smid=re-share 11 comments politics
- Germany just guaranteed unemployed citizens around $330 per month indefinitely. The policy looks a lot like basic income. https://www.businessinsider.com/german-supreme-court-adopts-basic-income-policy-2019-12 65 comments worldnews
- Greece to Make Minimum Guaranteed Income a Constitutional Right https://greece.greekreporter.com/2019/11/20/greece-to-make-minimum-guaranteed-income-a-constitutional-right/ 21 comments europe
- For "Guaranteed Income" Recipients, Less Stress and a Happier Home https://www.cbsnews.com/news/universal-basic-income-heres-how-residents-of-stockton-california-are-spending-500-a-month/ 32 comments politics
- New York tech entrepreneur running for president has plans for a $1,000-a-month guaranteed income https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/presidential-candidate-andrew-yang-who-backs-a-1000-a-month-guaranteed-income-for-all-visits-seattle-friday/ 67 comments politics
- Rahul Gandhi steals PM Narendra Modi’s thunder, promises ‘minimum income guarantee’ for every poor person https://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/rahul-gandhi-congress-minimum-income-guarantee-narendra-modi-poor-people-poverty-upa-nda-bjp-2019-lok-sabha-elections/355499 120 comments india
- New York to guarantee health care for all residents, regardless of immigration status or income https://www.salon.com/2019/01/08/new-york-to-guarantee-health-care-for-all-residents-regardless-of-immigration-status-or-income/ 26 comments politics
- How a jobs guarantee or basic income could protect Americans from automation and stagnating wages http://uk.businessinsider.com/jobs-guarantee-basic-income-could-solve-inequality-2018-7 22 comments politics
- Facebook co-founder wants the wealthy taxed so U.S. citizens get 'Fair Shot' at guaranteed income of $500 a month if earning less than 50K. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/21/business/facebook-co-founder-wants-wealthy-taxed-give-u-s-citizens-fair-shot-guaranteed-income/#.wo17lflok0m 4 comments worldnews
- Value Added Tax plus Guaranteed Income https://www.reddit.com/r/tax/comments/6wkf0w/value_added_tax_plus_guaranteed_income/ 4 comments tax
- Should All Americans Recieve a Guaranteed Income? http://www.9news.com/mobile/article/money/magnify-money/should-all-americans-receive-a-guaranteed-income/285-450550940 84 comments politics
- Finland's guaranteed basic income is working to tackle poverty https://www.pri.org/stories/2017-05-06/finlands-guaranteed-basic-income-working-tackle-poverty 13 comments worldnews
- New Bill Would Guarantee Right to a Lawyer for Low Income Tenants Facing Eviction or Foreclosure in NYC http://nyti.ms/2d4RbDJ 27 comments law
- A Guaranteed Income Would Improve Our Welfare System // Charles Murray wants to replace welfare with a guaranteed income. Doing so would help cut out third parties that profit from our corrupt welfare system. http://thefederalist.com/2016/06/07/guaranteed-income-corrupt-welfare-system/ 7 comments politics
- Guaranteed Income for All? Switzerland’s Voters Say No Thanks http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/06/world/europe/switzerland-swiss-vote-basic-income.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=0 14 comments politics
- Guaranteed Income for All? Switzerland’s Voters Say No Thanks: A proposal to give each adult the equivalent of about $2,560, regardless of employment status, was rejected 77 percent to 23 percent. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/06/world/europe/switzerland-swiss-vote-basic-income.html? 9 comments worldnews
- Is the World Ready for a Guaranteed Basic Income? http://freakonomics.com/podcast/mincome/ 21 comments politics
- A guaranteed income for veterans http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2015/1/veterans-guaranteedincomebenefits.html 23 comments politics
- Can a Guaranteed Income for Everyone Fix Inequality and Poverty? Surprising political alliances have formed around the idea of a basic income, which would guarantee every adult and family in America, regardless of eligibility requirements, with a monthly cash flow http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/can-a-guaranteed-income-for-everyone-fix-inequality-and-poverty 20 comments politics
- $11,000 for Every Household: Could Guaranteed Income Work for America? http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/07/13/11000-for-every-household-could-guaranteed-income.aspx 13 comments politics
- Will a guaranteed income ever come to America? http://www.pbs.org/newshour/making-sense/will-guaranteed-income-ever-come-america/ 3 comments economy
- What if the government guaranteed you an income? http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/14/opinion/wheeler-minimum-income/ 50 comments politics
- Time for a Guaranteed Income? http://reason.com/archives/2014/02/19/time-for-a-guaranteed-income 14 comments politics
- Scrap the Welfare State and Give People Free Money - A guaranteed income would reduce the humiliations of the current welfare system while promoting individual responsibility. http://reason.com/archives/2013/11/26/scrap-the-welfare-state-give-people-free 459 comments politics
- Switzerland’s Proposal to Pay People for Being Alive (The political rise of the guaranteed basic income movement) http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/17/magazine/switzerlands-proposal-to-pay-people-for-being-alive.html?pagewanted=2&_r=2&alg=3l4wl&pagewanted=all 80 comments politics
- Canada possibly next in line for guaranteed minimum income http://beaconnews.ca/blog/2013/10/canadian-senator-hugh-segal-and-his-guaranteed-income-plan/ 5 comments worldnews
- They won't be lovin' it: McDonald's admits 90% of employees are on zero-hours contracts without guaranteed work or a stable income - Fast-food chain is potentially the largest zero-hours employer in the UK’s private sector http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/they-wont-be-lovin-it-mcdonalds-admits-90-of-employees-are-on-zerohours-contracts-without-guaranteed-work-or-a-stable-income-8747986.html 3818 comments worldnews
- A Town Without Poverty?: Canada's only experiment in guaranteed income finally gets reckoning http://www.dominionpaper.ca/articles/4100 2 comments economy
- Canada considering eliminating welfare programs and replacing them with a $20,000 guaranteed income http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/to-end-poverty-guarantee-everyone-in-canada-20000-a-year-but-are-you-willing-to-trust-the-poor/article1806904/singlepage/#articlecontent 123 comments politics