r/BasicIncomeOrg

Dear subscribers,

This subreddit will no longer be updated because the new version of Reddit is still so full of bugs that it's unworkable for me. The use of the previous version was still possible until a few days ago (which is what I did), but Reddit has now forced all of its users onto their latest version. That version has been running for many months now and I avoided it initially because of the layout, but now I found that its functionality in pasting and editing texts is equally hopeless.

I want to redirect my subscribers to

I'm sure that news articles coming from BIEN will be picked up there as well.

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'The Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN) has collaborated with Prof Geoffrey Williams, a Malaysian-based economist and Basic Income advocate, to share their collective vision of a Basic Income in the Malaysian context. Involved with the collaboration from BIEN were our chair of the EC – Dr Sarath Davala, our Volunteer Coordinator and EC member from Malaysia – Lee Seng Kiat, and our Asia Pacific Hub Manager – John Michael. 

Their 7-page infographic was soft launched in both  and , offering an overview of Basic Income, proposals for implementation and funding, and comparison with policies already in place in Malaysia. They were also on air with business radio station – , offering their insights to the robust questions posed by journalist Dashran Yohan. Their visions were also published by local newspapers including the , , and a the largest newspaper in Malaysia – .'

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'Unconditional is a film created at the University of Bath that is focused on the prosperity of communities that sprouted from pilots basic income projects in India and Bangladesh. The strategy of basic income plus — not only providing direct cash but also community organizing support to those participating in the pilot — lead to meaningful impact on societal issues identified by pilot participants.

To view the film, click .'

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