Questions tagged [basic-income]

A basic income (also called unconditional basic income, basic income guarantee, universal basic income, universal demogrant, or citizen’s income) is a form of social security system in which all citizens or residents of a country regularly receive an unconditional sum of money, either from a government or some other public institution, in addition to any income received from elsewhere.

A basic income (also called unconditional basic income, basic income guarantee, universal basic income, universal demogrant, or citizen’s income) is a form of social security system in which all citizens or residents of a country regularly receive an unconditional sum of money, either from a government or some other public institution, in addition to any income received from elsewhere.

An unconditional income transfer of less than the poverty line is sometimes referred to as a "partial basic income".

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Finland plans to give every citizen 800 euros a month and scrap benefits. Will it become successful?

Finland plans to give every citizen 800 euros a month and scrap benefits. Will it become successful? http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/finland-plans-to-give-every-citizen-800-euros-a-month-and-scrap-benefits-a6762226.html
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Covering cost of UBI and Laffer curve

The top answer to the question Is there any way to sufficiently cover the cost of a UBI? spoke of the answer being trivial and just use the Laffer curve. I'm wondering what that means given that a UBI is presumably more or less equivalent to zero…
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Is there any way to sufficiently cover the cost of a UBI?

Note: I'm talking about the cost of a UBI, and the cost only. Not the social benefits, or the political barriers, or all that stuff. Just the cost. If you've been following American politics for a while, then you've probably heard of Andrew Yang. He…
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