Citizen's Basic Income

An unconditional, nonwithdrawable income paid to every individual as a right of citizenship.

The Citizen’s Basic Income Trust promotes debate on the desirability and feasibility of a Universal Basic Income.

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Report on the Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN) Congress

When I was invited to give the Opening Address to the Congress, held in Seoul, South Korea, at the end of August, I wondered ‘What could I talk about?’. However, Read More

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The campaign for a Basic Income – more marathon than sprint

Every once in a while we get a reminder that the campaign for a Basic Income is more a marathon than a sprint. Thomas Paine was proposing one as far Read More

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MALCOLM TORRY: CITIZEN’S BASIC INCOME: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH

Malcolm Torry: Citizen’s Basic Income: A Multidisciplinary Approach, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2020, 336pp, £hbk 115.00; pbk 30.95; ebk 25.00, ISBN: 9781788117869; 9781800376021; 9781788117876. An earlier version of this review first Read More

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Robots alone might not save us, but they can help

A sci-fi film response: Our hero wakes. Using her 3D food printer she prints out a full English breakfast, eating it in the front room of her flat – part Read More

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Mark Wadsworth, CBIT Treasurer and Secretary, has passed away

Gerard Mark Wadsworth – always known as Mark – was a passionate advocate for Basic Income. He was a tax accountant, and brought to the Basic Income debate a comprehensive Read More

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  • A Modern Guide to Citizen’s Basic Income: A multidisciplinary approach

    A Modern Guide to Citizen's Basic Income: A multidisciplinary approach

  • Coronavirus

    The Coronavirus/Citizen's Basic Income debate

  • Microsimulation results

    2020 microsimulation results for a Recovery Basic Income

  • Palgrave International Handbook of Basic Income

    Palgrave International Handbook of Basic Income

  • Basic Income: And how we can make it happen

    Basic Income: And how we can make it happen

  • A Basic Income Handbook

    A Basic Income Handbook

  • The Case for Universal Basic Income

    The Case for Universal Basic Income

  • The Feasibility of Citizen’s Basic Income

    The Feasibility of Citizen's Basic Income

  • Why we need a Citizen’s Basic Income

    Why we Need a Citizen's Basic Income

  • Introductory Booklet

    Our introductory booklet