UBI under neoliberalism | Part 1: Getting on with it
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Published in:Beyond Trafficking and Slavery: InterviewšUBI in the US ānot just an ideaā ā itās achievableBasic income is becoming a bipartisan issue in the US, with Covid child tax credit showing that it can be done
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Published in:Beyond Trafficking and Slavery: Interviewš'Hope goes a long way': guaranteed income a lifeline for ex-prisonersA UBI program in Florida hopes to keep people out of prison through direct payments. They say itās changing lives
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Published in:Beyond Trafficking and Slavery: InterviewšCould a guaranteed income pave the way for racial justice?A UBI pilot supported over 100 formerly incarcerated people in Chicago. It could be a blueprint for reparations
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Published in:Beyond Trafficking and Slavery: InterviewšDirect cash transfers 'could halve child poverty' in OregonA universal yearly tax rebate ā with similar principles to UBI ā could drastically improve life in this US state
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Published in:Beyond Trafficking and Slavery: InterviewšWhat can end the suffering of Black mothers and children in the US?The Abundant Birth Project in San Francisco is using basic income to help Black mothers and their children thrive
UBI under neoliberalism | Part 2: Widening the politically possible
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Published in:Beyond Trafficking and Slavery: InterviewšUBI could mean justice for everyone. How do we get there?A basic income could give everyone in society more options ā but ethical and political challenges stand in the way
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Published in:Beyond Trafficking and Slavery: InterviewšBasic income: why we need to start talking about moneyMany arenāt getting their basic needs met in the UK. UBI could change this ā if we can believe we deserve it
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Published in:Beyond Trafficking and Slavery: InterviewšBasic income āwonāt stop people workingā: lessons from CanadaTwenty-five years of policy show that social support helps people thrive ā and doesnāt disincentivise work
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Published in:Beyond Trafficking and Slavery: InterviewšBasic income could put food banks out of businessSoaring income inequality has drastically increased food poverty in the UK. UBI could be a silver bullet
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Published in:Beyond Trafficking and Slavery: InterviewšCan cities do what national governments wonāt on basic income?What lessons could a municipal-level, basic income pilot in Brazil hold for the UK?
UBI under neoliberalism | Part 3: Getting the policy mix right
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Published in:Beyond Trafficking and Slavery: FeaturešIt's time for a welfare revolution in the UKBasic income and services would reimagine welfare, our leaders just need the courage try something new
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Published in:Beyond Trafficking and Slavery: OpinionšPut the whole government to work rebuilding BritainItās going to take all departments pulling together to get this country back on track
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Published in:Beyond Trafficking and Slavery: OpinionšDoes Labour dare to renew the welfare state?The 1945 Labour Manifesto was a startling feat of political imagination. Does Starmer have the courage to go big again?
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Published in:Beyond Trafficking and Slavery: OpinionšWill Scotland be the first to guarantee a minimum income?Imagine a country where nobodyās income falls below a certain floor. Scotland is trying to build just that
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Published in:Beyond Trafficking and Slavery: OpinionšSustainable welfare for a sustainable planetThe economy must provide sustainable welfare to stay within planetary boundaries. UBI and UBS show us the way
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Published in:Beyond Trafficking and Slavery: OpinionšFrom dogma to data: a centrist case for pragmatic welfare reformUniversal basic income and services get a lot of press these days. But does the evidence back up the hype?
Voices from inside the UBI movement
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Published in:Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryšIn search of a sane economyCould degrowth, community, and basic income create a sane economy? An interview with one of the godfathers of the...
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Published in:Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryšāEven my husband envies my freedomāA small basic income transformed the lives of these women in rural India. Imagine what it could do on a national scale.
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Published in:Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryšWhy not give people money for nothing?Needing to work for your money is central to modern morality, but should it be? An interview with Liz Fouksman, a...
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Published in:Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryšBasic income denied in OntarioA change in government brought a basic income pilot in Canada to an abrupt halt, causing chaos and turmoil amongst...
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Published in:Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryšThe radical combination of degrowth and basic incomeWe work too hard to produce too much stuff, and weāre destroying the planet in the process. An interview with...
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Published in:Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryšBasic income is paving a path to freedom in KenyaKenya is running the worldās most ambitious basic income pilot yet, but will its results be enough to forge a whole...
Vanya Mehta
More on basic income
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Published in:Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryšBasic income, not tied benefits, for Australiaās First NationsCould a basic income finally bring an end to Australiaās paternalistic treatment of First Nations peoples? An...
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Published in:Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryšMy own private basic incomeOne personās experience becoming a business owner shows how our economy is based on luck rather than merit and how...
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Published in:ourEconomyšWhy āUniversal Basic Servicesā is no alternative to Basic IncomeIt's time for advocates of āUniversal Basic Servicesā to stop juxtaposing the idea of more and better public...
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Published in:Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryšCould India support a basic income?After a successful pilot project in Madhya Pradesh the India Network for Basic Income is setting its sights higher.
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Published in:Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryšBasic incomeās third waveThe drive toward a basic income isnāt new. Itās a 100-year-old movement that has gotten stronger each time...
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Published in:ourEconomyšA universal basic income in āfunny moneyā? This could seriously workLocal alternative currencies could be the way to create an income floor and reshape the economy at the same time.
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Published in:ourEconomyšUniversal services more effective than a Universal Basic Income, argues new reportNew research finds that expanding access and broadening provision of Universal Basic Services would be of greatest...
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Published in:ourEconomyšA basic income is feasible and affordableNew research shows that introducing a guaranteed income floor would cut poverty, narrow inequality and reduce...
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Published in:Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryšBasic income and the anti-slavery movementUnconditional basic income is not only feasible, but it also has more emancipatory potential than any other single...