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(+ == Africa == + w:GiveDirectly launched a basic income experiment in Kenya in 2016.) |
(+ == North America == + === Canada === + 'The $7,500 universal basic income experiment''''' 6 minute video at bbc.com] - A Canadian NGO, pairing up with the w:University of British Columbia, carried out a bold social experiment...) |
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[[File:Le revenu de base, une vieille idée.png|thumb|right|700px|[[w:Basic income|Basic income]] is not a new idea, but the automation with which we can do it is newer than these supporters [[w:Thomas More|Thomas More]], [[w:John Locke|John Locke]] and [[w:Thomas Paine|Thomas Paine]].]] | [[File:Le revenu de base, une vieille idée.png|thumb|right|700px|[[w:Basic income|Basic income]] is not a new idea, but the automation with which we can do it is newer than these supporters [[w:Thomas More|Thomas More]], [[w:John Locke|John Locke]] and [[w:Thomas Paine|Thomas Paine]].]] | ||
'''Automatic Basic Income''' ('''ABI''') will be a necessity for the survival of humanity and the planet. Some call this UBI, where the 'U' stands for either "''Universal''" or "''Unconditional''", depending on who you ask. | '''Automatic Basic Income''' ('''ABI''') will be a necessity for the survival of humanity and the planet. Some call this UBI, where the 'U' stands for either "''Universal''" or "''Unconditional''", depending on who you ask. | ||
{{Q|If machines produce everything we need, the outcome will depend on how things are distributed. Everyone can enjoy a life of luxurious leisure if the machine-produced wealth is shared, or most people can end up miserably poor if the machine-owners successfully lobby against wealth redistribution. So far, the trend seems to be toward the second option, with technology driving ever-increasing inequality.|[[w:Stephen Hawking|Stephen Hawking]]|[[w:technological unemployment|technological unemployment]]<ref>https://www.reddit.com/user/Prof-Stephen-Hawking</ref>}} | |||
''' Organizations ''' | ''' Organizations ''' | ||
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== Africa == | == Africa == | ||
[[File:GiveDirectly logo.png|thumb|right|300px|[https://www.givedirectly.org/ GiveDirectly.org] crowdsources funds to run an ABI scheme in Kenya. It is ABI, because the money is distributed through the [[w:M-Pesa|M-Pesa]] [[w:mobile banking|mobile banking app]]<ref name="GiveDirectlyFAQ">https://www.givedirectly.org/faq/</ref> hence it is automatic.]] | |||
[https://www.givedirectly.org/ GiveDirectly.org] [[w:GiveDirectly]] launched a [[w:GiveDirectly#Basic_income_experiment|basic income experiment in Kenya]] in 2016. | |||
On 2019-11-21 a paper on the GiveDirectly experiment [https://www.givedirectly.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/General-Equilibrium-Effects-of-Cash-Transfers.pdf 'General equilibrium effects of cash transfers:experimental evidence from Kenya'] was published.<ref name="GiveDirectlyStudy2019"> | |||
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| title = General equilibrium effects of cash transfers:experimental evidence from Kenya | |||
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''' Reporting on the GiveDirectly ABI experiment in Western Africa in reverse chronological order ''' | |||
* 2019-12-03 | [https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/12/03/what-would-happen-if-we-randomly-gave-poor-families-now-we-know/ Washington Post "global opinion" article 'What would happen if we randomly gave $1,000 to poor families? Now we know.'] | |||
* 2019-11-25 | [https://www-vox-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.vox.com/platform/amp/future-perfect/2019/11/25/20973151/givedirectly-basic-income-kenya-study-stimulus 'A charity dropped a massive stimulus package on rural Kenya — and transformed the economy'], Vox.com article | |||
== Europe == | |||
=== Germany === | |||
* [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''''' at businessinsider.com]. A trial by the [[w:German Institute for Economic Research]] ([[w:de:Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung]]) where the source of the funds were 140,000 private donors. Specs: 1200€ / month for 3 years: 120 recipients and 1380 subjects in the control group. | |||
== North America == | |||
=== Canada === | |||
* [https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p096hf4z/the-7-500-universal-basic-income-experiment '''''The $7,500 universal basic income experiment''''' 6 minute video at bbc.com] - A Canadian NGO, pairing up with the [[w:University of British Columbia]], carried out a bold social experiment: it handed C$7,500 (US$5,900) with no strings attached to a number of recently homeless people, then monitored them for several months. | |||
= Basic income in wikis = | = Basic income in wikis = | ||
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''' Wikipedia ''' | ''' Wikipedia ''' | ||
* [[w:Basic income]] | * [[w:Basic income]] | ||
* [[w:Global basic income]] | |||
* [[w:Basic income pilots]] | * [[w:Basic income pilots]] | ||
* [[w:Basic income around the world|Basic income around the world]] | * [[w:Basic income around the world|Basic income around the world]] | ||
* [[w:List of basic income models]] | * [[w:List of basic income models]] | ||
* [[w:Basic income in the United States|Basic income in the United States]] | * [[w:Basic income in the United States|Basic income in the United States]] | ||
* [[w:List of advocates of basic income]] | * [[w:List of advocates of basic income]] | ||
* [[w:Guaranteed minimum income|Guaranteed minimum income]] | |||
''' The Finnish Wikipedia ''' | ''' The Finnish Wikipedia ''' | ||
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* [https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoUBI/ r/CryptoUBI/ at reddit.com] | * [https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoUBI/ r/CryptoUBI/ at reddit.com] | ||
* http://groupcurrency.org/ Group Currency is a cryptocurrency that provides its identified members with a basic income, voting rights over a group fund (optional) and provides adequate means for transparency and accountability. (definition from website) | * http://groupcurrency.org/ Group Currency is a cryptocurrency that provides its identified members with a basic income, voting rights over a group fund (optional) and provides adequate means for transparency and accountability. (definition from website) | ||
= References = | |||
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