SAN FRANCISCO -- Universal basic income just got one step closer to becoming a reality for some Californians. AB-65 passed through the state assembly's revenue and taxation committee on Monday. But ...

There has been a lot of talk about “universal basic income” recently, especially during the pandemic. It’s the concept of giving money to people, no strings attached. We've seen pilot programs around ...

Rising food prices and limited job opportunities have pushed the Marshall Islands to try a bold economic experiment.

The Texas Senate passed a bill Thursday that would ban guaranteed income programs — a move that the bill's author said was in response to Uplift Harris, a county program that would have provided ...

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One of my pet economic ideas of the past few years is that unconditional cash transfers as a step toward a universal basic income should be strongly considered either as a complement or substitute for ...

In its nearly two decades of operation, GiveDirectly, the direct cash payment charity started by MIT and Harvard graduate students, has delivered more than $800 million to more than 1.6 million people ...