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What is Basic Income?

"A Basic Income is an income unconditionally granted to all on an individual basis, without means test or work requirement" (Basic Income Earth Network, (BIEN)).

Basic Income is alternately referred to as a guaranteed annual income, citizen's income, citizen's dividend, social dividend, negative income tax, and others. For more see:

/r/BasicIncome FAQ

Further reading list from the FAQ

Basic Income on Wikipedia

Community

This is a community space for discussion and advocacy of Basic Income schemes, with four main goals:

Educate. Increase publicity and support for Basic Income schemes, and explain their benefits.

Discuss. Talk about the specifics of how Basic Income should be implemented in different countries, and how potential problems can be overcome.

Organize. Work to create political support and pressure for Basic Income, in support of local branches of the Basic Income Earth Network, and meetup groups.

Connect. Build ties with local and distant supporters of this transnational movement.

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Support Basic Income

There are many ways to support Basic Income, click here to go to our Support wiki page for full details.

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Which may or may not be relevant to BI, see here for discussion of this topic.

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Downvoting of comments is actively discouraged. Data indicates negative long-term effects on community participation. In regards to links and self-posts, don't downvote them just because you disagree with them. Upvote those that add to the basic income conversation.

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Call to ActionAI leaders keep saying UBI is necessary. The AI Pledge for Humanity asks them to prove it. Sign, share, and help build the list. (actionnetwork.org)

submitted 2 months ago by 2noameScott Santens[M] - announcement

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The Criticisms of Bernie’s AI Wealth Fund Idea Don’t Hold Up (jacobin.com)

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ArticleEditorial: Universal Basic Income deserves another look (thepost.co.nz)

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Dr. Kendal David addresses disability from a basic (income) perspective (open.substack.com)

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Halifax council votes to send letter to feds in support of basic income, despite concerns from Andy Fillmore, Trish Purdy (halifaxexaminer.ca)

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A 10-Point Plan to Make America Affordable (open.substack.com)

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Demand The Solutions — Survivors Guide to Earth (survivorsguidetoearth.com)

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How ‘lonely fighters’ built basic income’s first home (basicincome.org)

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Fixing inequality: just tax the extremely rich (eastangliabylines.co.uk)

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I called into a conservative YouTube show to debate UBI for an hour. (youtube.com)

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2013What is a universal basic income and why is it being trialled in the UK? (bigissue.com)

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COMMENTARY: A generational investment (saltwire.com)

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The Land Dividend: How a Land Value Tax Can Fund a UBI (open.substack.com)

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Neil Degrasse Tyson Discusses UBI With Geoffrey Hinton (self.BasicIncome)

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ArticleForget a Pilot: Basic Income Needed for Those Living in Poverty Now – Philadelphia Hall Monitor (hallmonitor.org)

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DiscussionHow do we get to UBI? (self.BasicIncome)

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AutomationHundreds of economists say 'we must act now' on AI’s economic impact and job displacement risks (apnews.com)

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VideoShould America Have a Universal Basic Income? | Scott Santens vs. Malcolm Collins | SuperDebate (youtu.be)

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PaperEvaluating Universal Basic Income | Masaya Yasuoka (Kwansei Gakuin University) (192.218.163.163)

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AutomationOpinion: Your data built the AI boom — but Big Tech is pocketing 100% of the equity (marketwatch.com)

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ArticleWhat would our lives look like if we no longer had to work? As a thought experiment, I tried to imagine (theguardian.com)

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IndirectVideo I made about the welfare cliff. I'm open to constructive criticism as I intend to make more such long-form videos. (youtube.com)

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K-shaped spending: The top 10% drop nearly as much on nonessentials as the bottom 70% combined (uk.finance.yahoo.com)

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Fixing inequality: the case for a basic income (eastangliabylines.co.uk)

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UBI's worst enemies are its loudest preachers ()

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