As Americans struggle with the high cost of living, an old idea is getting a fresh look. In dozens of pilot programs around the country, policymakers and researchers are exploring what happens when ...

The idea of guaranteed income programs has been around for decades, but it wasn’t until one of the country’s first guaranteed income programs launched in Stockton in 2019 that the idea began gaining ...

America is getting older, and the financial architecture built for shorter lifespans and stable careers is straining under ...

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The launch of the UBI program, utilizing a “digital sovereign bond,” occurred two months after the IMF warned against the island nation using an “untested” digital asset. Update (Nov. 18 at 12:10 am ...

Universal or guaranteed basic income programs are gaining momentum across the country, as local governments and nonprofits experiment with the bold new alternative to traditional welfare models.

In this time of great political anxiety and confusion, it can be hard to see a path forward for ambitious progressive programs like basic income, also referred to as universal basic income (UBI) or ...

Jennifer C. Greenfield was hired by Thinking Forward, LLC and the Denver Basic Income Project as a consultant to provide cost estimates and analysis of a potential cash dividend program in Colorado, ...

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