Rising food prices and limited job opportunities have pushed the Marshall Islands to try a bold economic experiment.

Universal Basic Compute ($UBC) is an initiative designed to ensure fair access to computational resources for autonomous AI systems. Inspired by Universal Basic ...

Members of social and trade union organizations protest on July 20, 2022 in Buenos Aires, in demand of a universal basic income, as the impoverished South American country struggles to repay its US 44 ...

Universal Basic Income (UBI) is a social welfare program where a government provides its citizens with a regular, unconditional sum of money, regardless of other income or employment status. The core ...

Some politicians and activists are eager to give you "free" money. They call it universal basic income (UBI)—cash for everyone, no strings attached. Comedian Dave Chappelle thinks UBI would "save my ...

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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 ...

I write in response to Will Sutton’s column on Aug. 18 promoting the concept of universal basic income. He reports that no city, state or country has a true universal basic income. Could that be ...

We can generate much more income for society if we hold more assets--like natural resources, carbon tax payments, or a sovereign wealth fund--in common, and used it to fund programs like a universal ...