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Basic Income for the Arts pilot produced over €100 million in Social and Economic Benefits
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Basic Income for the Arts pilot produced over €100 million in Social and Economic Benefits
A new article from BIEN looks back at the decade when UBI moved from theory to real-world pilots. Focusing on the period 2006–2016, the article traces how pilots in Namibia, India, Brazil, Switzerland, and South Korea transformed the policy. zurl.co/qE0cw
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Primary schools to be told to identify children at risk of future unemployment
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They weigh 55,000 pounds, travel at highway speeds, and soon won’t have anyone behind the wheel. Autonomous semi-trucks could reshape the trucking industry, and CNN’s Ed Lavandera climbs aboard one of...
Ireland has shown that basic income works — not just socially, but economically. Give people time and security to develop their skills, and the returns flow back to society. Now let's go further.
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