As America's cities look to alleviate poverty, universal basic income has been proposed by local leaders as a complement to existing welfare. With a housing-affordability crisis and high healthcare ...

As Donald Trump promises American dominance, UBI is back on the agenda—but risks remain.

Amid fears of mass AI-induced job losses, AI leaders are touting solutions like universal basic income. Here's what they're ...

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Howard County’s new Guaranteed Basic Income (GBI) pilot may be framed as compassionate policy, but it’s part of a troubling pattern that’s taking root across Maryland and the United States. Following ...

Universal basic income and guaranteed basic income programs offer unconditional, recurring payments. Basic income pilots are active in the US but have also been tried worldwide. Countries like Kenya ...

King, an early advocate for universal basic income, was concerned about how automation might displace workers. Each year on ...

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 ...

The idea of a universal basic income—a taxpayer-funded minimum monthly payment meant to reduce poverty and improve opportunity—is alluring. That’s especially true for low-income mothers of newborns.

There’s a reason that ideas from the progressive ivory tower need to be tested. Often, the grandest theories fall apart when exposed to the rigors of the real world. Consider the case of universal ...