Videos – Universal Basic Income
Could A Universal Basic Income Fix Covid-19 Economic Devastation?
Apr 10, 2020 – Guy Standing, economist of the Basic Income Earth Network, and author of multiple books on UBI, says the coronavirus pandemic has made a universal basic income “absolutely necessary” in order to counteract a major possible drop in living standards as the global economy suffers from lockdowns.
UBI, Our Right to Live
Sep 15, 2019 – The documentary “UBI, Our Right to Live” talks about the right of all human beings to subsist simply because they were born. It is an idea with history, but it has spread spectacularly in recent years, especially due to the fact that technology threatens to leave the majority of the world’s population without paid unemployed to meet their needs.
The documentary consists mainly of interviews with the founders of the UBI movement who have been working on this idea for more than thirty years and also with academics and activists who tell us about their activities and experiences around the world.
What is a basic income?
Jan 28, 2019 – A basic income, also called Universal Basic Income (UBI), is a type of program in which citizens of a country, or any other region, may receive a regular sum of money from a source such as the government.
Basic Income is a measure against poverty which also gives us the capacity to lead more dignified lives. Basic Income is not about alms, but about the guarantee of the right to existence.
Yanis Varoufakis – Why the Universal Basic Income is a Necessity – by the Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute
Jan 3, 2019 – “Freedom in action requires a basic income.” In this video former finance minister of Greece, professor of economics, author and founder of the Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 (DiEM25), Yanis Varoufakis, argues why a Basic Income is necessity today.
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Sep 15, 2016 – What is Universal Basic Income?