Conservatives are fighting guaranteed basic income programs across the country. Lawyers and lawmakers want to block basic income programs in Texas, California, and elsewhere. Many of them argue the ...

As Americans struggle with the high cost of living, an old idea is getting a fresh look. In dozens of pilot programs around the country, policymakers and researchers are exploring what happens when ...

Universal basic income was once thought politically impossible. Then came Andrew Yang and COVID-19. Basic income programs are now gaining traction, offering payments to struggling families. Many ...

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 ...

A hot potato: When generative AI gets to the point where it can do pretty much everything better than a human, potentially leading to millions of job losses, how will people support themselves? One ...

The idea of a universal basic income—a taxpayer-funded minimum monthly payment meant to reduce poverty and improve opportunity—is alluring. That’s especially true for low-income mothers of newborns.

Rising food prices and limited job opportunities have pushed the Marshall Islands to try a bold economic experiment.