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==About==
 
==About==
'''Ubiquitous Income''' is our term for referring to any kind of centrally-distributed income that isn't the result of employment or investment, including schemes otherwise known as [[universal basic income|UBI]], [[basic income guarantee|BIG]], and [[basic minimum income|BMI]] but not including traditional "{{l/same|welfare}}" programs.
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[[Free income]] (FI) is our term for referring to income that is free of any qualification requirement. The idea is more commonly known as {{l/self|universal basic income}} (UBI), {{l/self|basic income guarantee}} (BIG), {{l/self|basic minimum income}} (BMI), {{l/self|guaranteed income}}, {{l/alias|unconditional income}}, {{l/alias|basic income}}, and other variants.
 
==Related==
 
==Related==
* A [[citizen dividend]] is a type of [[ubiquitous income]] that derives from national productivity.
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* A [[citizen dividend]] is a type of [[free income]] that derives from national productivity.
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* {{l/sub|objections}} to UBI policies
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* ''We initially tried to finely classify various subtypes and attributes of free income; those classifications have been [[project:archive/income taxonomy|archived]].''
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==Notes==
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APF, the Cherokee fund, Iranian UBI project, https://www.peoplespolicyproject.org/projects/social-wealth-fund/
 
==Links==
 
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===Reference===
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* '''Wikipedia''': {{l/wp|basic income}}
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* '''Conservapedia''': {{l/cp|basic income}} is "a socialist policy where every resident of an area is guaranteed an income regardless of their employment status."
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** "According to the France-based Public Services International and the Britain-based New Economics Foundation – left-of-center organizations – universal basic income does not work well in practice." - NEF may be left-of-center, but the [https://www.theepochtimes.com/universal-basic-income-programs-dont-work-well-report-says_2926307.html article they cite] is in the right-leaning ''[[Epoch Times]]''. [[:File:En ubi full report 2019.pdf|The report]] offers a very thoughtful critique of UBI and raises many points, some more dubious than others, which need to be examined. Saying that the report concludes that they "don't work", however, is a bit of a misrepresentation.
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* '''RationalWiki''': {{l/rw|basic income}}
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* {{!in|Sourcewatch|basic income}}
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===Discussion===
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* Kialo: [https://www.kialo.com/should-there-be-a-universal-basic-income-ubi-1634?path=1634.0~1634.1&active=-1634.1207 Should There be a Universal Basic Income (UBI)?]
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* '''2021-07-30''' [https://omar.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-omar-introduces-guaranteed-income-bill-and-gdp-alternative-legislation Rep. Omar Introduces Guaranteed Income Bill and GDP Alternative Legislation]
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* '''2020-08-19''' [https://www.businessinsider.com/germany-begins-universal-basic-income-trial-three-years-2020-8 Germany is beginning a universal-basic-income trial with people getting $1,400 a month for 3 years]
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* '''2020-05-06''' [https://www.newscientist.com/article/2242937-universal-basic-income-seems-to-improve-employment-and-well-being/ Universal basic income seems to improve employment and well-being]
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** Discussion: [https://twitter.com/cambrian_era/status/1258615998950764544] ([https://twitter.com/Woozalia/status/1258755811070955522 reply]), [https://toot.wales/@AngharadHafod/104744443568418307]
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* '''2019-02''' NBER: [https://www.nber.org/papers/w25538 Universal Basic Income in the US and Advanced Countries] (PDF: [https://www.nber.org/papers/w25538.pdf NBER], [https://eml.berkeley.edu/~jrothst/publications/w25538.pdf Berkeley]) "A UBI would direct much larger shares of transfers to childless, non-elderly, non-disabled households than existing programs, and much more to middle-income rather than poor households. A UBI large enough to increase transfers to low-income families would be enormously expensive. [...] We argue that the ongoing UBI pilot studies will do little to resolve the major outstanding questions."
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* '''2018-12-27''' [https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612640/universal-basic-income-had-a-rough-2018/ Universal basic income had a rough 2018] via [https://yro.slashdot.org/story/18/12/29/1944246/is-a-lack-of-data-holding-back-universal-basic-income-programs Slashdot]
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* '''2018-07-31''' [https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/lisa-macleod-announcement-1.4768626 PC's plan to scrap Ontario basic income pilot project called 'shameful' by NDP leader] via [https://news.slashdot.org/story/18/08/02/0057255/canadas-ontario-government-ends-basic-income-project Slashdot]
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* '''2018-05-30''' [https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-05259-x Money for nothing: the truth about universal basic income]
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* '''2018-02-18''' [https://futurism.com/basic-income-part-time-work Study Finds People Given Basic Income Are Likely to Keep Working] ([https://elekk.xyz/@noelle/99549741164527312 h/t])
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* '''2018-01-13''' [https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2018/jan/12/money-for-nothing-is-finlands-universal-basic-income-trial-too-good-to-be-true Money for nothing: is Finland's universal basic income trial too good to be true?] via [https://yro.slashdot.org/story/18/01/13/1030223/is-finlands-universal-basic-income-trial-too-good-to-be-true Slashdot]
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* '''2017-09-27''' [https://www.seattlepi.com/seattlenews/article/Seattle-universal-basic-income-Richard-Nixon-12232948.php Seattle families used to get govt check, then the divorces came] "Another rumor -- that the experiments led to significant increases in separations and divorces because women weren't reliant on men for baseline income -- also wasn't borne out in the data"
 
* '''2015-10-08''' [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonkblog/wp/2015/10/08/the-remarkable-ways-a-little-money-can-change-a-childs-personality-for-life/ The remarkable thing that happens to poor kids when you give their parents a little money]
 
* '''2015-10-08''' [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonkblog/wp/2015/10/08/the-remarkable-ways-a-little-money-can-change-a-childs-personality-for-life/ The remarkable thing that happens to poor kids when you give their parents a little money]
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* '''2015?''' [https://ello.co/woozalia/post/bu43uwudbnvlw-b6q3spwg Karl Widerquist turns libertarian arguments on their head in an argument for unconditional income] (commentary on a video)
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* '''2014-06-30''' [https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/guaranteed-20k-income-for-all-canadians-endorsed-by-academics-1.2691847 Guaranteed $20K income for all Canadians endorsed by academics]
 
* '''2009-04''' [[:File:Assessment of Minimum Income Schemes in Spain.pdf|Assessment of Minimum Income Schemes in Spain]]
 
* '''2009-04''' [[:File:Assessment of Minimum Income Schemes in Spain.pdf|Assessment of Minimum Income Schemes in Spain]]

Latest revision as of 19:20, 13 December 2021

About

Free income (FI) is our term for referring to income that is free of any qualification requirement. The idea is more commonly known as universal basic incomeA (UBI), basic income guaranteeA (BIG), basic minimum incomeA (BMI), guaranteed incomeA, unconditional incomeA, basic incomeA, and other variants.

Related

  • A citizen dividend is a type of free income that derives from national productivity.
  • objections to UBI policies
  • We initially tried to finely classify various subtypes and attributes of free income; those classifications have been archived.

Notes

APF, the Cherokee fund, Iranian UBI project, https://www.peoplespolicyproject.org/projects/social-wealth-fund/

Links

Related


Reference

  • Wikipedia: basic income
  • Conservapedia: basic incomeConservapedia is an unreliable source. is "a socialist policy where every resident of an area is guaranteed an income regardless of their employment status."
    • "According to the France-based Public Services International and the Britain-based New Economics Foundation – left-of-center organizations – universal basic income does not work well in practice." - NEF may be left-of-center, but the article they cite is in the right-leaning Epoch Times. The report offers a very thoughtful critique of UBI and raises many points, some more dubious than others, which need to be examined. Saying that the report concludes that they "don't work", however, is a bit of a misrepresentation.
  • RationalWiki: basic income
  • SourceWatch

Discussion

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