Universal Basic Income
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Article
January 27, 2026
Immediate Relief, Lasting Impact
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Willemijn de Gaay F.
How cash transfers can transform lives over decades.
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News Analysis
September 06, 2025
Why Global Cash Transfers Matter.
Willemijn de Gaay F.
The Swiss newspaper NZZ proposes a radical idea: a global basic income for the world's poorest people. The reasoning is pragmatic and highly compelling.
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Field Notes
August 31, 2025
It’s not that hard. Here are the basics of basic income.
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Aurélie Schmiedlin
Last month, Marc and I went on the biggest adventure of our lives – at least so far. We boarded a flight to Monrovia to help set up a new cash transfer program in Liberia, part of Social Income’s effort to reach more people in West Africa who are living in poverty.
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Article
May 29, 2025
UBI Without Borders. Social Income as a Model of Transnational Solidarity in a Fragmenting World
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Kerrin Dieckmann
In 2016, Swiss voters overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to implement an unconditional basic income (UBI) for all. While the idea sparked global conversation, skepticism lingered — especially around one persistent concern: affordability.
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Article
October 22, 2022
A Will and a Way to End Poverty
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Social Income
The Swiss nonprofit Social Income asks, “What would change if you gave away 1% of your income every month? Not much, right?”