Universal Basic Income

Guaranteed income programs are underway in more than a dozen cities in the U.S. Is this the start of true Universal Basic Income?

It's the nation's largest guaranteed income program.

It could be the difference between getting more stimmies or...not.

A major guaranteed income pilot program just released its first-year findings, and UBI proponents will be pleased.

And the story begins...in a defunct hamlet called Speenhamland.

Mayor Michael Tubbs brought change to Stockton, California, by serving the vulnerable.

"I was fed up — if you're fed up too, let's do something about it."

The idea was made most famous during Andrew Yang's presidential campaign

Coronavirus made it urgent. Automation made it necessary. But what will a world of free money really look like in 100 years from now?

Why we should trust people to use cash aid without restrictions.

With universal basic income (UBI) on everyone's lips, the process of reliably and consistently transferring cash remains surprisingly complex.

COVID-19 has made some kind of UBI inevitable. But history suggests the blowback will be strong. And can we do something about that name?

So, you just...give people cash?

Free money could be the answer to jobs lost to automation.

So long, capitalism as we know it.

Thousands of randomly chosen Canadians may soon receive free checks in the mail.

Add Pierre Odimayar to the list of tech billionaires bankrolling universal basic income experiments.

Several governments are putting the idea to the test this year.

It's not a new idea, but it's suddenly in vogue.