- Busibi (Uganda): video series about people in a village who all received Basic Income
- Ontario (Canada): city gets ready for Basic Income experiment
- Finland
- Netherlands
- China: professor briefly discusses UBI
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Universal Basic Income onboarding resources
Puzzle: Why do governments make money — then demand it back in taxes?
The basic history: if you don't have enough tokens that the king gave his soldiers—one day he'll throw you in jail. (Or whatever the punishments were for your family not obtaining a token.) So you'd better expend some efforts contriving a way to get your hands on them.
This built money & markets:
If nothing else, this approach helps solve one of the obvious mysteries of the fiscal policy of so many early kingdoms: Why did they make subjects pay taxes at all? This is not a question we’re used to asking. The answer seems self-evident. Governments demand taxes because they wish to get their hands on people’s money. But if Smith was right, and gold and silver became money through the natural workings of the market completely independently of governments, then wouldn’t the obvious thing be to just grab control of the gold and silver mines? Then the king would have all the money he could possibly need. In fact, this is what ancient k
The 11th International Basic Income Week is happening in September and we want you to be part of it! Wherever you go this autumn, please spread the word.
From 17th - 23th September 2018, unconditional basic income supporters around the world celebrate the 11th International Basic Income Week with local events and gatherings.
This year's motto: BASIC INCOME - AN INCOME YOU CAN COUNT ON!
You can be part of this global week with your local and regional events to spread the word about basic income.