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 ...

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

Los Angeles kicked off a new initiative Wednesday morning that will provide thousands of dollars in cash and help thousands residents in need and affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. "Basic Income ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A New Jersey lawmaker is proposing a nationwide pilot program for a guaranteed basic income. The 3-year experiment would give ...

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

The Marshall Islands has launched Enra, a universal cash transfer that pays US$200 quarterly to resident Marshallese citizens. The program is enabled by the Compact of Free Association with the United ...

Thousands of low- and middle-income residents in Cook County, Illinois, are set to receive continued financial support following the "historic success" of the Midwestern region's guaranteed income ...

For years, I opposed Universal Basic Income, firmly and reflexively. I treated it as a liberal fantasy — an invitation to idleness, a subsidy for stagnation, a sedative administered by a bloated state ...

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 ...

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 ...