Cash in hand: Could basic income protect livelihoods in coronavirus crisis? →
Advocates of Universal Basic Income say it would provide citizens with a safety net amid the economic chaos wrought by COVID-19. THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION
Read MoreTo stop a coronavirus quarantine recession, economists say send everyone cash—now →
Whether you call it free money, an economic stimulus, or a mini universal basic income, it could be the best recession-fighting measure we have. FAST COMPANY
Read MoreIs a universal basic income experiment coming to Philadelphia? →
Philadelphia may begin testing a cash subsidy pilot in 2020, city policymakers and nonprofit leaders revealed Tuesday at a press conference. With the goal of lifting 100,000 Philadelphians out of poverty in the next four years, the Poverty Action Plan did not come accompanied by specific legislation or a price tag. WHYY
Read MoreAmericans have fewer kids than they say they want. Alaska has a solution. →
Alaska’s small basic income is causing parents to have more kids. A new NBER working paper finds that in the years after the dividend’s 1982 introduction, fertility in Alaska sharply increased relative to its previous trends. Their overall estimate is that the dividend increased fertility by over 13 percent. VOX
Read MoreStockton's universal basic income scheme →
The city of Stockton in California has introduced a scheme which gives $500 (£380) a month to residents earning less than the average income. The Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration (SEED) programme is already proving popular with local residents, but could the model work nationally? BBC NEWS
Read MoreMore than 50,000 people are set to get a basic income in a Brazilian city →
About 52,000 people in the small Brazilian city of Maricá in the suburbs of Rio de Janeiro are set to receive a basic income set at roughly three-quarters of the national poverty line as part of a major new program to test basic income policies in the South American country. VOX
Read MoreA California City Gave People $500 A Month, No Strings Attached. Here’s What Happened. →
The city of Stockton, California, has been experimenting with an idea – called the Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration (SEED) – that could help alleviate this financial vulnerability for some of its residents and ultimately improve their physical and mental health. THE HUFFINGTON POST
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