| Unconditional Basic Income Europe BASIC INCOME TEA UBI on Cryptocurrencies – 12 July |
| Can Cryptocurrencies Enable a Revolution in Poverty Reduction? |
| At the upcoming edition of Basic Income Tea this Sunday, 12 July, 5-6pm CEST we will talk about Community-based Global Basic Income. Together with our guests Brandon Venetta of Mannabase, Nila Phi of SEEDS, and Saraswathi Subbaraman of Circles, we will ask: Can Cryptocurrencies Enable a Revolution in Poverty Reduction? Register here to be part of the discussion! Since the beginning of 2010s, there are ideas and initiatives of private and community based basic income systems. For example, charity organization Give Direct is paying out monthly basic income to individuals in Kenya via private donations. Another trend is that certain cryptocurrencies, meaning virtual currencies without backing from governments and central-banks, have been created with some type of basic income system. One such example is Manna Base, a project aiming for creating a decentralized and community based basic income system for every human on Earth. The current decentralization trend with cryptocurrencies are seen as a vital part of such development is thereby enabling new possibilities and institutions. During the upcoming webinar, participants will discuss the possibility to introduce a global basic income as well as community-based systems at different levels. |
| Want to meet other basic income advocates, share your thoughts via live chat, and be able to put your questions to our guests? Then please register here until Saturday,
11 July, so we can send you the connection details for Zoom! If you just want to listen and enjoy, you can also watch the live stream on the UBIE website and on our social media channels (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube) starting Sunday, 12 July, 5 pm CEST. |
| Yours unconditionally, Vladan Lausevic UBIE Secretary |
| VIEWS: The Unheard Results of The Finnish Basic Income Experiment |
| The results for the Finnish basic income experiment were published on the 6th of May 2020. The results were dubbed final, but there is still more information to come. A closer look at the evaluation report reveals a number of positive findings that have not received the media coverage they deserve, writes Eetu Lehto in the debate corner of the UBIE website. Read the whole article here |
| Previous editions of "Basic Income Tea" |
| Sunday, 5 July Leire Rincón asked Olli Kangas and Philippe Van Parijs about "Finland's Basic Income Experiment: Failure or Success?" Watch here |
| Sunday, 21 June Antonis Triantafyllakis talked about the "#FutureOfWork: Business, but NOT as usual" with Karl Widerquist, Margarida Botelho, and Joy Ponader. Watch here |
| Sunday, 14 June Dániel Fehér discussed "The Authoritarian Response to Corona: Poland and Hungary" with Marta Tycner and Bence Tordai. Watch here |
| Sunday, 7 June Keynote speech by Philippe Van Parijs: “Will UBI still make sense in the post-corona world?” (pre-recorded at the UBIE General Assembly). Watch here |
| Sunday, 17 May Alessandra Bianchi discussed "Basic Income, Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment" with Gabriela Cabaño, Nicole Teke, and Martin Jordö. Watch here |
| Sunday, 10 May Leire Rincón interviewed Isabel Franco and Julen Bollain on the "Cash-for-Corona" policies in Spain. Watch here |
| Sunday, 3 May "Spotlight UK" with Barb Jacobson and her guests Jamie Cooke, Cleo Goodman, Erin Hill, and Maggie Gordon-Walker. Watch here |
| Sunday, 26 April "Has the EU shown solidarity in the Corona crisis?" asked Alessandra Bianchi from her guests Stanislas Jourdan and Francois Denuit. Watch here |
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