A Basic Income is a periodic cash payment unconditionally delivered to all on an individual basis, without means-test or work requirement.
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BIEN Congresses
The next annual BIEN Congress will occur August 19th-22th at the Toronto Metropolitan University. The BIEN Congress will not be occurring in USA this year.
Theme: Basic Income and the Polycrisis: The Key to Unlocking the Puzzle 🔑
See pictures from the 24th BIEN CONGRESS in Maricá & Niterói here.
Recent News, Opinion, and Research
The Universality Argument for Basic Income
Imagine a room with a thousand people. You know that 999 of them need something to survive, and one of them doesn’t. You have two options. Option one: give the same thing to all 1,000 people, and when they leave through a door where everyone’s income is already being...
AI, UBI, and the Threat of Extinction
Photo by Steve A Johnson on Unsplash Steven Bartlett has interviewed separately three leading experts on artificial intelligence (AI) and a business strategist as part of his podcast series, The Diary of a CEO. These fascinating in-de[th interviews all...
Wages, Work, and Universal Basic Income: Two conceptual articles by Jorg Drescher
Jorge Drescher of Kyiv, Ukraine has written two thought-provoking articles posing conceptual issues related to wages, work, and basic income. The first article "Wage Negotiation -- Observed by a Third Party", raises a number of doubts concerning the process by which...
Basic Income is key to averting a dystopian future
Ontario Basic Income recipient - Photo credit: Jessie Golem The Basic Income Canada Network (BICN) along with allies including Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) are organizing the 2026 Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN) Congress being held in...
Basic Income and Climate Costs
Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash How can basic income function as climate adaptation infrastructure amid rising energy costs and data center expansion? Arif Gasilov is Partner, Climate & Environmental Reporting at Gasilov Group, where he advises companies on ESG...
Building Human-Centered Technology for Guaranteed Income and Equitable Aid Delivery
Brittany Christenson is the CEO of AidKit, the Public Benefit Corporation transforming how governments and nonprofits deliver aid. A former nonprofit leader, she brings deep empathy and accountability to tech-driven solutions built for dignity and fairness. Under her...
Guaranteed income helps people leaving jail and prison
Upon coming home from prison, people face the same — and rising — costs of living as the rest of us. But they have to bear additional costs imposed by the criminal legal system as well, all while navigating additional and unique barriers to employment....
BIEN launches Congress Solidarity Fund to support participation in Toronto Congress
BIEN's annual Congress is the major global meeting for people advocating for, researching debating and putting into practice basic income in all its dimensions. But participation in an international congress costs money. Travel, accommodation and visa costs can be...
Deadline Extended to May 3 — Final Chance to Submit Your BIEN Congress Proposal
Due to overwhelming interest in the 25th BIEN Congress, we have extended the submission deadline to Sunday, May 3. This is the final opportunity to submit — no further extensions will be granted. The response to this year’s call has been remarkable, and...
Worried About AI Taking Your Job? A UBI Taiwan Recipient Shares a Year Living with Basic Income
Reproduced with permission from Global Views Monthly. Original article: https://www.gvm.com.tw/article/128971 In the discourse on AI replacing human labor, there is not only panic but also hope. Technology leaders often refer to...
I Just Launched the AI Pledge for Humanity. Here’s Why.
AI leaders keep saying UBI is necessary. This pledge asks them to prove it. I’ve been working on universal basic income full-time since 2013. Thirteen years. In that time, I’ve watched the conversation shift from “that’s a crazy idea” to “that’s inevitable.”...
OpenAI’s vision for the AI economy: public wealth funds, robot taxes, and a four-day workweek
Photo by Steve A Johnson on Unsplash As governments grapple with how to manage the economic fallout of superintelligent machines, OpenAI has released a set of policy proposals outlining the ways wealth and work could be reshaped in an “intelligence age.” The ideas...
