Known as universal basic income or guaranteed income, these proposals have been divisive. Depending on whom you ask, providing all Americans with a guaranteed universal basic income could erase ...

A Universal Basic Income (UBI) is a form of social empowerment that has five core characteristics: it is paid in cash, to ...

The idea of a Universal Basic Income (UBI) has sparked a heated debate. The Welsh government pilot is set to focus on people leaving care. It was an idea mooted last year following an increased ...

Voters opposed an Oregon ballot measure that would have given $1,600 annually to all state residents.

In Part 1 of this series, I outlined some basic economic theory regarding a universal basic income (UBI) and work incentives. By a UBI, I mean an income support policy that provides a set monthly ...

Everywhere you look, it seems, people are talking about a Universal Basic Income (UBI)—a monthly cash benefit paid to every citizen that would replace the existing means-tested welfare system.

The argument about a universal basic income (UBI) versus a job guarantee (JG) has become one of the liveliest and most contentious debates on the Left. Each has been touted as a solution to all ...

Universal Basic Income written on a table during a session at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland on January 23, 2018 [File: Reuters/Denis Balibouse] In September ...

"Why would I want ten Ferraris, 20 diamond watches and two jet planes? What would that do for the world? I starved, I worked ...

The coronavirus crisis has given new life to the idea of paying every citizen a universal basic income. How has the pandemic changed the debate in Scotland, and how likely is it to actually happen?

Depending on whom you ask, providing all Americans with a guaranteed universal basic income could erase inequality and spur entrepreneurship or it could be a recipe for economic disaster.