basic income

Universal basic income: U.S. support grows as Finland ends its trial

Posted in Business on 3rd May, 2018
by Alex Muller

Forty-eight percent of Americans now support a universal basic income.

Could a basic income protect you from the rise of robots?

Posted in Business on 25th Sep, 2017
by Alex Muller

Losing your job to a robot might not necessarily be all doom and gloom if governments revolutionise the way we can earn a crust.

Expert Asserts That Universal Basic Income Would Eliminate Poverty

Posted in Business on 1st Jun, 2017
by Alex Muller

Rutger Bregman gave a TED Talk on Universal Basic Income and how pulling people out of poverty will give them more choice in life.

Age of automation: what if more work is the problem, not the solution?

Posted in Business on 10th Jan, 2017
by Alex Muller

The Green Institute argues that shorter hours and a universal basic income would be better than more jobs.

Shift to automation may prevent Trump from delivering on his jobs promise

Posted in Business on 10th Nov, 2016
by Alex Muller

Trump's victory was enabled by technology, everything from his use of social media to Clinton's email scandals to Russian hacking.