Universal basic income was once thought politically impossible. Then came Andrew Yang and COVID-19. Basic income programs are now gaining traction, offering payments to struggling families. Many ...

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As global wealth inequality deepens and automation threatens to usher in a new form of technology-driven unemployment, many nations, from the wealthy and industrialized to the still-developing, are ...

Elon Musk has started talking less about universal basic income and more about what he calls "universal high income," a future in which he says there will be "no poverty" and little reason to save ...

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The Marshall Islands has launched Enra, a universal cash transfer that pays US$200 quarterly to resident Marshallese citizens. The program is enabled by the Compact of Free Association with the United ...

Universal or guaranteed basic income programs are gaining momentum across the country, as local governments and nonprofits experiment with the bold new alternative to traditional welfare models.