The case for a Universal Basic Income | A Universal Basic Income would provide all citizens with a practical path toward security, growth and dignity
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Universal Basic Income as the Social Vaccine of the 21st Century
Universal Basic Income as the Social Vaccine of the 21st Century Can the savings of basic income exceed the costs? Photo by Sanofi Pasteur — Flickr “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of …
Universal basic income wouldn’t make people lazy–it would change the nature of work
Americans believe in the importance of a good day’s work. And so it’s understandable that the prospect of a universal basic income (UBI), in which the government would issue checks to cover the basic costs of living, rubs some people the wrong way. Writing in The Week in 2014, Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry envisions a UBI dystopia in which “millions of people” are “listing away in socially destructive idleness,” with “the consequences of this lost productivity reverberating throughout the society in lower growth and, probably, lower employment.”
Now is the time to bring a basic income program to Canada, says B.C. senato
A basic income could replace income support programs like welfare with money everyone would receive, but the support would gradually be reduced as a person’s income…
UBI: Universal Basic Income
An open discussion regarding universal basic income.
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"Ideas can and do change the world," says historian Rutger Bregman, sharing his case for a provocative one: guaranteed basic income. Learn more about the idea's 500-year history and a forgotten modern experiment where it actually worked -- and imagine how much energy and talent we would unleash if we got rid of poverty once and for all.
Does A Universal Basic Income Discourage Work?
New research by the University of Chicago and University of Pennsylvania explores whether universal basic income encouraged work shy behaviors in Alaska
It’s Time to Revisit Universal Basic Income
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Mayor Mamdani just announced that he will be opening 5 city-run, tax-funded grocery stores: "Prices set at 30% below retail prices"
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FDR wanted it, LBJ considered it, Nixon really tried to get it - UBI
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Loblaws neat weight mislabelling class action lawsuit
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Could publicly-owned grocery stores break Canada’s grocery oligopoly? : r/ndp
CBC uncovers grocers Loblaw, Sobeys overcharging for meat — again
A CBC News secret shopping investigation uncovers Canada’s top two grocers overcharging for meat again by including packaging in the product weight, despite ...
Elon Musk Touts Universal Income As Remedy To AI-Driven Unemployment
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Mamdani, joined by Sanders, announced city-run grocery stores coming to NYC
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Proof that good laws can change lives
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Why Toronto’s new top doctor says affordability is a key health issue
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UBI in a Post-Labour Economy | David Shapiro, Dalibor Petrovic, Ken Yang
David Shapiro @DaveShap https://twitter.com/DaveShapi — Futurist with decades of experience in ML/AI, David runs a genre-defining YouTube channel on post-lab...
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From the canadaleft community on Reddit: Canada’s Inequality Is Driven by Billionaire Wealth | New data show that Canada’s inequality crisis is driven by both billionaire wealth and runaway housing costs. Without a meaningful fix, both democracy and economic growth will be distorted by entrenched interests.
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The top 10 signs of a millennial midlife crisis
The top 10 signs of a millennial midlife crisis - LET’S UNPACK THAT: Having an existential breakdown in your forties looks a little different than it used to, writes Lydia Spencer-Elliott
Implementing universal basic income could cut poverty rates up to 40%: PBO : r/CanadaPolitics
Canada’s New Housing Minister Doesn’t Want To Bring Down Prices
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Former OpenAI researcher says a $10,000 monthly UBI will be 'feasible' with AI-enabled growth : r/singularity
Canada’s Senate Debates A Guaranteed Livable Basic Income
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'He Wants to Take a Blowtorch to the Welfare State' | The Tyee
Martin Lukacs’s new book takes a hard look at Poilievre’s agenda, how Liberals shaped the current moment and what the left needs to do next. A Tyee Q&A.