Coinbase is funding $12,000 in USDC to low-income New Yorkers, mirroring universal basic income experiments, through GiveDirectly's new pilot program.

A small Pacific nation has launched what officials describe as the first nationwide universal basic income (UBI) program, offering quarterly payments to citizens as a financial safety net. In some ...

In the United States, the debate over a universal basic income is an exercise in "first world problems." If we simply give everyone money, will we discourage work? Will some people buy cigarettes and ...

This article has been updated to clarify the role of M1X Global in the first paragraph. The technology provider building the ...

Earlier this week, humanities professor Will Glovinsky authored an essay in the Conversation tracing the origins of basic ...

There has been a lot of talk about “universal basic income” recently, especially during the pandemic. It’s the concept of giving money to people, no strings attached. We've seen pilot programs around ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Martin Luther King Jr. became involved not just in fights over racial equality but also economic hardship. Ted S. Warren/AP Each ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Martin Luther King Jr. fought for both racial and economic equality during his life. He argued for a guaranteed basic income in a ...

We should have these debates, of course. But we should also feel grateful that the stakes are as modest as they are. In Poor Relief: Why Giving People Money Is Not the Answer to Global Poverty, Heath ...