In 1967–68, amid the national college debate topic, versions of the idea reached the Oval Office in the Nixon era, then ebbed ...

A German experiment has found that people are likely to continue working full-time even if they receive no-strings-attached universal basic income payments. Universal basic income, also known as ...

Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang wants to give cash to every American each month. Susie Garza has never heard of Yang. But since February, she’s been getting $500 a month from a nonprofit ...

Universal basic income — or "free money" for everyone, without needing to work for it — might feel like an unrealistic dream. But economists have been seriously reflecting on its advantages and ...

Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang wants to give cash to every American each month. Susie Garza has never heard of Yang. But since February, she’s been getting $500 a month from a nonprofit ...

What happens when you give people free money with no strings attached? The question is of enormous importance to America’s safety-net policy, given widespread proposals for a “universal basic income” ...

There's this fundamental question in economics that has proven really hard to answer: What's a good way to help people out of poverty? The... The Universal Basic Income experiment in Kenya There's ...

Do we need universal basic income? Some economists say we do. They claim that UBI—a taxpayer-funded minimum monthly payment with no strings attached—would reduce poverty and inequality; improve ...

(CNN) — A German experiment has found that people are likely to continue working full-time even if they receive no-strings-attached universal basic income payments. Universal basic income, also known ...

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