Advocates for basic income say the backlash is being fueled by a conservative think tank. National. After a boom in cash aid to tackle poverty, some states are now banning it.

Universal basic income is a system in which the government provides every adult citizen with a set amount of money on a regular basis, regardless of their need or desire to work.

In recent years the Stanford Basic Income Lab and the Center for Guaranteed Income Research have been tracking 30-plus pilot programs that have tested basic income in towns and cities across the U.S.

The most expansive vision has been a universal basic income, as when 2020 presidential candidate Andrew Yang called for giving every U.S. adult $1,000 a month (plus cost-of-living increases ...

Basic income pilots have become extremely popular in recent years. By one count, there have been as many as 120 pilots in the U.S. since 2017. In general, these programs, ...

Mein Grundeinkommen (My Basic Income), the Berlin-based non-profit that ran the German study, followed 122 people for three years.From June 2021 to May 2024, this group received an unconditional ...

Ireland's basic income pilot program for artists ends in August. For three years, 2,000 artists and creative workers received about $370 a week.

What “Universal Basic Guys” gets wrong about basic income – and why it matters The animated show’s depiction of the potential in providing basic income couldn’t be further from the truth ...

Mein Grundeinkommen (My Basic Income), the Berlin-based non-profit that ran the German study, followed 122 people for three years.From June 2021 to May 2024, this group received an unconditional ...