News

1st April 2017

Louise Haagh: Basic Income is both radical and a democratic right

On the 2nd March Social Europe published an article by Louise Haagh, ‘Basic Income’s radical role’: … introducing a basic income does not entail a general separation of income from Read More

31st March 2017

A recent Paul Spicker blog on a debate on Basic Income

To read Paul Spicker’s report on a recent debate on Basic Income, click here.
31st March 2017

IPR report, The Fiscal and Distributional Implications of Alternative Universal Basic Income

A review of Luke Martinelli, The Fiscal and Distributional Implications of Alternative Universal Basic Income Schemes in the UK, Institute for Policy Research, 2017, 70 pp, pbk, free to download. Read More

30th March 2017

A local Citizen’s Basic Income that can only be spent on local produce?

A European Commission research project has published A Proposal for Voluntary Degrowth by Redesigning Money for Sustainability, Justice, and Resilience. The report proposes a local Citizen’s Basic Income that can Read More

28th March 2017

March 2017 update

To see the March 2017 update, click here.    
27th March 2017

The Finnish Basic Income experiment

The Finnish Basic Income experiment is now paying an unconditional income to 2,000 unemployed individuals. For up to date information on the experiment, click here.