It’s a straightforward thought, and, at first glance, it seems reasonable: replace Social Security with a universal basic income (UBI). It not only could help lower-income retirees live more ...

Andrew Yang’s revived pitch suits the automation debate, but UBI can’t fix inequalities concentrated tech wealth drives ...

As global wealth inequality deepens and automation threatens to usher in a new form of technology-driven unemployment, many nations, from the wealthy and industrialized to the still-developing, are ...

The Wall Street Journal reports that several of “Silicon Valley’s elite” believe the artificial intelligence boom will generate massive wealth even as it displaces millions of workers, leaving them ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As Americans struggle with the high cost of living, an old idea is getting a fresh look. In dozens of pilot programs around the ...

Citizens of the Marshall Islands will receive "free money" as the government launches a world-first universal basic income scheme.

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 ...

The notion of a universal basic income (UBI) is quite popular these days, and is undergoing pilot tests in a few countries. The idea has created some strange bedfellows as support develops, and there ...

The Universal Basic Income Coalition says the 2026 Budget’s modest social grant increases and stricter compliance measures risk leaving millions of South Africa’s most vulnerable citizens without ...

WASHINGTON D.C., DC — Story from The Conversation by Tarah Williams, assistant professor of political science at Allegheny College, and Andrew Bloeser, associate professor of political science and ...