The policy of providing guaranteed cash incomes has gained momentum in recent years. This tool to tackle inequality has the ...

Worldcoin scans irises to create a secure, encrypted network for identity verification. About six million people use Worldcoin, with companies such as Reddit and Discord integrating it. Damien Kieran, ...

"The question we don't really have a good answer to is, what would happen if we scaled these programs up on a larger level?" ...

Elon Musk has started talking less about universal basic income and more about what he calls "universal high income," a future in which he says there will be "no poverty" and little reason to save ...

Howard County’s new Guaranteed Basic Income (GBI) pilot may be framed as compassionate policy, but it’s part of a troubling pattern that’s taking root across Maryland and the United States. Following ...

One of my pet economic ideas of the past few years is that unconditional cash transfers as a step toward a universal basic income should be strongly considered either as a complement or substitute for ...

The AI boom is reviving an old promise: that universal basic income will cushion workers as machines take over more tasks and ...

Some tech leaders are advocating for universal basic income to counteract AI-driven job automation. High-profile Silicon Valley figures such as Elon Musk and Sam Altman have long supported the idea.

In its nearly two decades of operation, GiveDirectly, the direct cash payment charity started by MIT and Harvard graduate students, has delivered more than $800 million to more than 1.6 million people ...