ALASKA: Attack on Alaska’s Basic Income averted for now but fiscal pressure on its future increases
Alaska’s government might have to tap the Alaska Permanent Fund in order to to cover its public deficit.
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CHINA: Macau residents to receive annual basic income
For the fifth time in a row, residents of Macau City will receive a yearly dividend worth more than a thousand US dollars.
Brooklyn, NY: Report from the meeting to create a political movement for basic income
Thirty-one people signed the attendance sheet at the first meeting of group of people attempting to start a political movement for basic income in the United States. Several more people attended without signing, and others followed and contributed to the […]
Drop in Oil Prices Causes Concern for the Future of Alaska’s Small Basic Income
The recent drop in oil prices has had a devastating effect on the Alaska state government’s budget, most of which is derived directly or indirectly from current oil revenues.
UNITED STATES: Alanna Hartzok, running on a platform including support for Basic Income, receives 37 percent of the vote in Congressional Race
Alanna Hartzok, a long-time support of Basic Income, received 37% of the vote in the Congressional election for 9th Congressional District in Pennsylvania. She received the Democratic Party nomination for Congress earlier this year, and finished second in voting to […]
BRAZIL: Eduardo Suplicy, long-term advocate of Unconditional Basic Income, defeated in his bid for reelection to the Brazilian Senate
Eduardo Suplicy, long-term advocate of Unconditional Basic Income, was defeated in his bid for reelection to the Brazilian Senate. Suplicy is a former co-chair of the Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN) and an honorary co-President of BIEN. Of any high-level […]
UNITED STATES: Alaska’s small basic income likely to double this year.
The Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD), Alaska’s small yearly Basic Income, is likely to double this year over last year’s value. The dividend is paid every fall from the returns to the Alaska Permanent Fund (APF), a pool of financial assets […]
MACAU: Government Distributes Temporary Basic Income
Macau, the former Portuguese possession, now a semi-autonomous region of China, is in the process of distributing a temporary Basic Income of more than $1000 to all residents. According to a government press release dated 1 July, 2014, “In order […]
CYPRUS: Significant step toward a Basic Income Guarantee
The national parliament of Cyprus has introduced a policy with a name that translates as “guaranteed minimum income” or “minimum guaranteed income.” The name sounds like a Basic Income Guarantee (BIG). It is not, but it appears to be a […]
UTAH, UNITED STATES: Basic Housing Grant has reduced homelessness by 74%
[Karl Widerquist] A few years ago, the U.S. State of Utah introduced a program called Housing First, which fights homelessness by giving homeless people free housing. According to Jenny Swank of Nation Swell, recent reports estimate that Housing First “has […]