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 ...

Universal basic income was once thought politically impossible. Then came Andrew Yang and COVID-19. Basic income programs are now gaining traction, offering payments to struggling families. Many ...

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Last year, I wrote about the OpenResearch Unconditional Income Study (ORUS), an experiment in which lower-income Americans were given $1,000 a month for three years—a short-term test run of proposals ...

UBI provides regular, unconditional cash payments to individuals without work requirements. Largest UBI trial in Kenya improved medical access and business startup rates. UBI's high cost and potential ...

The first pilot programme trialing a universal basic income (UBI) in England has been announced, run by the thinktank Autonomy. During the scheme, lucky participants will be given £1,600 every month ...