https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/2024/07/17/ai-robot-job-displacement-universal-basic-income/
https://www.theguardian.com/society/universal-basic-income
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/commentary/ai-jobs-universal-basic-income-unemployment-support-3589421?cid=internal_sharetool_androidphone_06122023_cna
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‘Through universal basic income, every citizen above a certain age will be entitled to cash aid. That’s as straightforward a solution to poverty as one could get.’ by JC Punongbayan, 28 May 2020 Economists like to say there’s no such thing as a free lunch. But this is the closest thing to it — and…
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by Elfren S. Cruz (The Philippine Star), 7 May 2020 A universal basic income (UBI) is a guaranteed income sufficient to meet a person’s basic needs. While there may be different versions, the basic features would be that it is unconditional, automatic, non-withdrawable, individual, and is a right.
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The idea wasn’t invented by today’s big-government left. It has intrigued thinkers from John Stuart Mill to Milton Friedman. By Stephen Mihm, Feb 19, 2019 Is socialism on the march in the U.S., as President Donald Trump warned in the State of the Union address this month? Hardly, but some recent proposals undoubtedly raised the…
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by Kathleen Elkins | @kathleen_elk 8:30 18 Dec 2018 Expect significant shifts in the working world over the next decade, says business strategist and No. 1 New York Times best-selling author Tony Robbins.
The payments encouraged beneficiaries to take work that doesn’t pay a living wage. By Leonid Bershidsky, Apr 26, 2018 KELA, the Finnish social security agency, has failed to secure the funding it needs to extend its universal basic income experiment beyond this year. Although it’s sad that this grand leftist idea is suffering another setback,…
By ELI MEIXLER, Apr 24, 2018 Finland has decided not to extend its trial in universal basic income, the first welfare experiment of its kind by a European government that gave citizens an unconditional monthly payment.
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by Alex Heath, Business Insider, Jul 10, 2017 Mark Zuckerberg has increasingly been a vocal advocate of universal basic income, the economic system in which all people are given a free paycheck from the government, no questions asked.
by Leora Klapper, Lead Economist, The World Bank, Jul 6, 2017 The main argument for a universal basic income (UBI) is that it would reduce poverty and income inequality. Yet UBI advocates often overlook a range of other potential benefits. Digital UBI payments can bring people into the financial system and build their financial capability,…
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by Chris Weller, Business Insider, 31 May 2017 One of the biggest criticisms of basic income, a system of giving people modest salaries just for being alive, is that it discourages people from working. A new report on an ongoing cash-transfer program launched in 2011 in Iran may cast some doubt on the claim.
The idea would give anyone the space to try out new ideas by ANDREW GRIFFIN, May 26, 2017 Everyone should be paid a universal basic income, Mark Zuckerberg has said. The Facebook founder said that making sure everyone received basic pay would allow them to take more risks and try out new things, while knowing…
World Day for Safety and Health at Work
“Safety and health at work every day!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar to carry out the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry recommendations against serious violations of Forced Labour and Freedom of Association protocols.
Accept National Unity Government
(NUG) of Myanmar.
Reject Military!
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