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Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN) was founded in 1986 as an international organisation that fosters informed discussion about a Basic Income.

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It’s happening! The countdown to the 2026 BIEN Congress, landing in Philadelphia 27–29 July, has officially begun.
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Ireland is putting basic income for artists on a permanent footing. Budget 2027 provides €34.4 million for a full year of income support for artists, as Ireland continues its Basic Income for the Arts scheme. Helping artists remain in creative work. zurl.co/7hnKG
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🧠 Did you know? Part 5 of our Basic Income series is live. Poverty and inequality are not the same thing. Poverty asks: Do people have enough to live decently? Inequality asks: How are resources distributed across society? Swipe through 👇🏾
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$900 a month. No strings attached. Sacramento is launching a guaranteed-income programme for 100 current and former foster youth, providing $900 every month for up to two years. The programme is funded through local cannabis tax revenue. Read more: zurl.co/WlqcZ
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South Korea's agriculture ministry is searching for a "rural circular economy" model that keeps spending generated by a basic income within local communities, channelling it back into sales, jobs and services rather than letting it flow out of the region. zurl.co/HUL7v
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Can basic income strengthen local economies too? Research on Maricá, Brazil shows how its local currency, Mumbuca, is used to deliver basic income while keeping spending circulating within the municipality. zurl.co/jbahZ
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🧠 Did you know? Part 4 of our Basic Income series is live. "Give everyone money" sounds expensive. But universal doesn't mean free money for everyone; people can contribute in very different ways to finance it. Swipe through 👇🏾
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What happens when governments put money directly into people’s hands instead of routing every dollar through programmes and services? Nearly 1 million Americans are receiving $500 checks. See what Karl Widerquist had to say about the payments. zurl.co/0J4UF
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🧠 Did you know? Part 3 of our Basic Income series is live. Who should receive a basic income, and why? The idea: everyone. No means test, no work test, no stigma, just simple access. Swipe through 👇🏾
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📣 The October UBI Piloters Network newsletter is out! This edition brings reflections and updates from piloters gathered at the BIEN Congress, new research and evidence on guaranteed income, plus the latest UBI4ALL winner. Read all here: zurl.co/lNslo
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If AI creates an age of abundance, who gets to share in it? Elon Musk now predicts that AI and robotics could lead not merely to Universal Basic Income, but to “universal high income” as technology dramatically increases production of goods and services. zurl.co/WWif9
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🧠 Part 2: What problem is basic income actually trying to solve? Income insecurity. Poverty. Bureaucracy. Lack of opportunity. Its real promise: shifting from "Do I qualify?" to "I have an income floor." 👇🏾
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🇰🇷 Gyeonggi’s youth basic income is still going. Introduced in 2019, the programme provides 1 million won a year to 24-year-olds, regardless of income. 25 of 31 cities and counties plan to continue programme in 2027 despite subsidy burden shift to 70% zurl.co/N9onq
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What if ending extreme poverty could actually cost less than we think? New research from Columbia Business School estimates that targeted cash transfers of around $318 billion a year, just 0.3% of global GDP, could reduce global extreme poverty to about 1% zurl.co/ip0kP
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🧠 New series alert. We're breaking down basic income: what it is, who it's for, how it could be funded, and what it means for work and poverty. First up: basic income doesn't affect everyone the same way. Same payment, different effects. 👇🏾
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Amy Wilson has joined the board of the Income To Support All Foundation (ITSA). With more than two decades in HR technology at PeopleSoft, Oracle, SAP and Workday, Wilson brings experience in how technology, including AI, is reshaping work. Read more: zurl.co/Xo0Be
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🧠 Did you know? 40 years of BIEN, 1 big question: what would it actually take to give everyone a basic income? Starting next week, we're breaking down the questions we get asked most: what it is, who it's for, how it's funded, and what it means for social policy. Stay tuned!
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What happens when Bitcoin and Basic Income meet? Two radical ideas. Bitcoin and Basic Income come from different traditions, but share important ideas about individual freedom, economic autonomy and a more open financial system. Free entry to the event. zurl.co/lTLbx
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Haenam-gun is preparing to join South Korea’s rural basic income pilot in 2027. The county is planning how basic income can do more than support household incomes by keeping money circulating in local economies and boosting small businesses. zurl.co/sQU9Y
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Spouses Jeff Atwood and Betsy Burton have pledged $50 million, half their wealth, over five years, with most going to guaranteed-income programmes in rural America providing unconditional cash to people and testing what direct income support can achieve.zurl.co/rjX5R
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What if communities could be directly rewarded for stewarding nature? Last month, Equal Right launched the Climate Commons Fund in Il Ngwesi, Kenya, a financial model combining Unconditional Cash Transfers with conservation. Here is a blog by the team:zurl.co/HIkQF
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