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Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN) was founded in 1986 as an international organisation that fosters informed discussion about a Basic Income.
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This is actually really great- making the case that ending poverty is not only achievable and desirable, but actually cheaper than allowing it to linger on #BasicIncome
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Big news with a new @UBILabNetwork workshop announced on November 5th, this edition examining 'moving beyond Corporate Power' #UBI
https://t.co/arUvHrCU1B
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Great way to start the week as a group of New Jersey lawmakers have apparently started floating the case for a nationwide #BasicIncome pilot https://t.co/grWgsK4hKu
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BIEN Chairman Sarath Davala is continuing his pan-Asia tour, visiting Taiwan's legislative Yuan to discuss Taiwan’s widening inequality, the country's plunging fertility rate and of course, #BasicIncome
https://t.co/RoY8E108yJ
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Waymo can offer aging adults a safe, accessible mobility option that provides independence without needing to drive.
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How did Korea become a #BasicIncome hotspot? Great deepdive over at BIEN HQ https://t.co/AbDqETFmNW
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It is with much sadness that we announce the death of Claus Offe, co-founder of BIEN https://t.co/dEzSJPMEQO
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Legendary economist John Maynard Keynes may not be known as a #BasicIncome advocate, but two letters written during the Second World War suggest that he had thought seriously about the idea, as explored in this new article https://t.co/X9VnTTn5cg
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Rumblings out of Korea as plans being made for rural #BasicIncome pilot study- watch this space đź‘€ https://t.co/WdkLOKw3P5
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Huge news as Ireland's #BasicIncome scheme for artists looks to be made permanent in 2026!
djmag.com
The scheme aims to support 2,000 artists and creative workers, paying each successful applicant €325 a week
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The wealth of the world’s billionaires grew 54% in 2020, in an economic system that perpetuates wealth inequality In his new book Burned by Billionaires, inequality researcher Chuck Collins makes the case that systemic change is needed #BasicIncome
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In USA, wealth inequality has been linked to a 9-year gap in life expectancy outcomes #BasicIncome
https://t.co/t6VqUgWPcF
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Loving the amount of love the Irish BasicIncome initiative is getting- here's what @Basic Income Ireland has to say about it https://t.co/AHKP46xp9d
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A big draw of #BasicIncome is the work it can do to make essential but un-renumerated roles more sustainable In UK this is increasingly needed, as millions of people provide care for others in the face of an increasingly creaky social care system https://t.co/Vda0fyaazz
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What do poverty and anti-poverty measures look like in the USA todfay? With looming food cuts and price rises, the situation is looking dicey #BasicIncome
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OpenAI's new benchmark shows Claude and GPT-5 matching human experts at real work tasks, with models improving 300% in just 15 months, with particularly sharp implications for coders, journalists and lawyers #BasicIncome
https://t.co/t3oNeQtgrg
decrypt.co
OpenAI's new benchmark shows Claude and GPT-5 matching human experts at real work tasks. The worst part? Models improved 300% in just 15 months.
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If you want to see what The Multiplier impact for #UBI looks like, look no further than the data coming out of the Irish #BasicIncome for the Arts initiative https://t.co/79hQnXxdeO
rte.ie
A cost-benefit analysis of Ireland's Basic Income for the Arts (BIA) pilot has found the programme delivered over €100 million in social and economic benefits between 2021 and 2025.
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Big news as BIEN is heading to the UN! Members of BIEN’s Executive Committee will participate in the UN’s Second World Summit on Social Development taking place on 4-6 November in Doha, Qatar- BIEN’s second participation in a major UN conference #UBI
https://t.co/wbqbM2ObK0
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An underrated benefit of #BasicIncome is the administrative cost-cutting it would enable around To highlight this virtue, a Georgia, USA Medicaid program was recently found to be splashing more cash on admin than the care it's designed to administer https://t.co/ewFWC1K65j
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Want to relive the magic of this year's BIEN Congress? Head on over to the BIEN main site where the photos are now live #BasicIncome
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