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BIEN NewsFlash 131, May 2019
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NewsFlash Volume 131, May 2019

NEWS

United States: After Stockton, Newark mayor announces the intention to test UBI

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Germany: Discussions on unconditional basic income

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United States: Green New Deal – the environmental and social revolutions are linked

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South Africa: The “Purple Cow” party is proposing a Negative Income Tax form of basic income

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Canada: Alberta Liberals propose transversal tax breaks, a basic income pilot, and investments fueled by oil revenues

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Russia: A short-term basic income experiment starts in Russia

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United Kingdom: The interest for a basic income trial in Sheffield is building up

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United States: Andrew Yang hits the stage at CNN Presidential Town Hall

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FINLAND: further results from the famous Finnish UBI experiment published

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São Paulo, Brazil: The Brazilian Basic Income Network gets formalized (after 9 years of existence)

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Korea to launch provincial ‘Youth Basic Income’ program

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EVENTS

BIEN Conference 2019: Contributions invited for an anthology of writings, poems and visual art

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ACADEMIC ARTICLES

Valerija Korošec: “Unconditional Basic Individual Universal Child Grant for Belgium following the Slovenian approach”

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Study Finds Issues with Universal Basic Income for Developing Countries

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POPULAR ARTICLES (FROM THE WEB)

Alex Gray: “This is our chance to completely redefine the meaning of work”

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OPINIONS & REVIEW

A Critical Poverty Eradication Experiment in Kenya

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Finnish basic income experiment reveals problems of conditional benefits

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Can basic income ensure distributive justice in India?

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Creativity has nothing to do with money

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AUDIO / PODCAST

Scott Santens: Think like a Martian

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PODCAST: Scott Santens reads his own interview with Forbes magazine about UBI

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BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT

Italy: “Notebooks for income QR9” – Big Data, WebFare and Basic Income

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