@scottsantens writes:
> The 200-Year Experiment: How a 'Privileged' Basic Income in Brazil Proves We Can Afford to Be Universal
> From $500 to $15,000 a Month: How Decades of Data Prove That an Unconditional Basic Income Guarantee Fuels Ambition Instead of Laziness.
> What if I told you that the Portuguese Empire accidentally ran one of the most comprehensive basic income experiments in human history?
Happy New Year! 🥳
Our first members' event this year will start in 3 hours!
https://meet.jit.si/UBI4ME_Community_Event_January_2026
We will chat about the Marshall Island's implementation of UBI and what we can learn from it.
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#StagnationOfEmployment is not a setback, but the end of an outdated paradigm where human value equals labor. #AIandRobotics are decoupling value creation from labor volume. #EfficiencyGains must now be translated into societal progress through #Automation and #UniversalBasicIncome. 🖖
Merry Christmas to everyone! ⛄ 🎁 🎄
May you have a festive, peaceful and restful week.
Keeping Screwups out of the Workforce
An out-of-the-box reason for UBI:
https://tiereddemocraticgovernance.org/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=19&id=186
Good idea: subsidize care work
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y9ez3kzrdo
In a village in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, a woman receives a small but steady sum each month - not wages, for she has no formal job, but an unconditional cash transfer from the government.
Premila Bhalavi says the money covers medicines, vegetables and her son's school fees. The sum, 1,500 rupees ($16: £12), may be small, but its effect - predictable income, a sense of control and a taste of independence - is anything but.
RE: https://mastodon.social/@benroyce/115752816293997358
#UBI #UniversalBasicIncome #GBI
How many times in how many different countries was this proven already? Each time the results getting buried because they don't support rightwing propaganda 🙄
Well, never mind, here's another one:
Some local news, from the city #Rochester #NewYork #RochesterNY near me
"#NotreDame study finds Rochester’s #guaranteedBasicIncome program worked"
'“One of the things people are commonly worried about with this kind of program is that when you give people cash they’re going to be less likely to go to work and be less productive members of society,” Turner said. “And we didn’t actually find any evidence of that in our study.”'
Why universal basic income still can’t meet the challenges of an AI economy https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/dec/15/universal-basic-income-ai-andrew-yang #Artificialintelligence(AI) #Universalbasicincome #Technology #USeconomy #Economics #Business #Society
Why universal basic income still can’t meet the challenges of an AI economy https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/dec/15/universal-basic-income-ai-andrew-yang #Artificialintelligence(AI) #Universalbasicincome #Technology #USeconomy #Economics #Business #Society
RE: https://stranger.social/@lednaBM/115718877275566120
It's weird how every time someone runs a UBI or GBI test like this, it always turns out positive. Like, I *never* see headlines saying "UBI Trial in Bumfucksburg, West Idaho Fails to Achieve Goals".
They always work, never fail.
It's almost like they're a good idea and we should move past the "trial" stage, hmm? 🤔
#UBI #UniversalBasicIncome #BasicUniversalIncome #GuaranteedBasicIncome #poverty
"Unfortunately, most UBI proposals would give an inadequate amount, perhaps $12,000 a year, to those most in need, while giving that same amount to tens of millions who are working and don’t need it. To my mind, a more generous unemployment insurance system, with higher weekly benefits and more weeks of benefits, would be better and fairer than UBI."
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/12/ai-bubble-mass-layoffs-income-inequality
#UniversalBasicIncome #OpEd
"[#UBI Studies are] pretty consistent and very weird. Multiple large, high-quality randomized studies are finding that guaranteed income transfers do not appear to produce sustained improvements in mental health, stress levels, physical health, child development outcomes or employment. Treated participants do work a little less, but shockingly, this doesn’t correspond with either lower stress levels or higher overall reported life satisfaction."
https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/giving-people-money-helped-less-than
India is sending checks to women for their unpaid housework in a breakthrough social experiment
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/india-is-paying-homemakers
Every single UBI experiment I've ever read about (and I've read about dozens!) comes to that same conclusion, that UBI doesn't stop people from working.
Along with the conclusions that UBI is cheaper for society than 'fixing' the problems created by poverty, that UBI boosts the economy, that UBI encourages entrepreneurs, that UBI makes people happy.
Oaktree Capital's Howard Marks, famed for predicting the dot-com bubble, warns that an AI bubble burst could trigger massive wealth destruction, job losses, and deepen social and political divides in the US.
#YonhapInfomax #HowardMarks #AIBubble #WealthDestruction #UniversalBasicIncome #OaktreeCapital #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=95058
Those who hate #universalBasicIncome should be its first advocates instead
Seriously. It's tragic how many people with a sincere, serious hard work ethic don't get that UBI would be their best ally.
Please help all hard workers to see the light:
https://mfioretti.substack.com/p/those-who-hate-universal-basic-income
AI and Future State: AI (Artificial Intelligence) x UBI (Universal Basic Income) #fringefiction #frifi #artificialintelligence #AI #UBI #universalbasicincome #futurestate #socialmedia
CNN had an interview with Andrew Yang about universal basic income in the wake of layoffs from artificial intelligence (AI). Andrew Yang talks about the Freedom Dividend with a monthly check and requires no testing. He is optimistic that people will use that money to spend and build…
