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© 2026 Social Income · Registered Non-Profit in Switzerland
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© 2026 Social Income · Registered Non-Profit in Switzerland
Our own thoughts and essays on the topics that interest us, move us, or shape how we work at Social Income.
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Social IncomeSixteen of us, one house in the Alps, and the hard questions we usually never have time for.
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Marc WernerMobile money is more than just convenience. It enables a whole new form of giving.
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Aurélie SchmiedlinScott Santens says talent just needs a floor to stand on. He's right. But this floor matters most exactly where it's rarest: in the places Social Income works.
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Social IncomeHemingway once said writing, at its best, is a lonely life. He was probably right. But he never spent a weekend in Bern with the rest of us.
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Sandino ScheideggerThirty studies across three continents looked at what happens when poor families receive cash. The myth that they spend it on booze did not survive a single one of these studies.
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Social IncomeWhen you do want to do something differently, the first hurdle is not the work itself – it’s fighting the classic adage: “But we have always done things this way”.
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Social IncomeRound ten is coming, and it's bigger than a single winner. Most people talk about Basic Income. UBI4ALL just does it.
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Sandino ScheideggerSending cash to sub Saharan Africa costs close to 8%. The UN promised to get that number under 3% by 2030. Fifteen years in, it has barely decreased.
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Social IncomeA Zurich design agency donated something as valuable as money: their craft. The result is a new app for our recipients.
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Lea StrohmSocial Income is open source. Which means we accidentally helped train ChatGPT.
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Aurélie SchmiedlinThe world’s largest cash transfer system isn’t run by governments or NGOs — but by diaspora communities sending money home. And it already reaches hundreds of millions of people.
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Riccardo TamburiniWhen machines do more of the work, the question of who shares in the wealth becomes a moral one.
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Kabelo RuffoResearch shows happiness depends less on what we receive and more on how we contribute. Is the real shortage in life not wealth but rather opportunities to give back to our community?
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Kerrin DieckmannIf happiness can be measured, can freedom?
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Sandino ScheideggerThe negatives of population decline are well documented. So is the proposed fix: Pay parents more to boost birth rates. Straightforward on paper, far less convincing in practice.
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Sandro StübiA child’s simplistic question. A complicated father. And a lot of research. Thinking about history, institutions, geography, and ideas.
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Willemijn de Gaay F.How cash transfers can transform lives over decades.
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Ariea BurkeWhat differences do these groups make, and how do they offer support alongside cash transfers? Our explainer:
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Sandino ScheideggerWhy is something so basic as an ID still out of reach for so many? And how do we make sure identification rules don’t end up excluding the very people they’re supposed to support?
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Sandino Scheidegger25 countries have halved multidimensional poverty within 15 years. That kind of progress is rare, and it matters.
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Matthew RobertsThe collapse of USAid has shaken the aid world. It also raises an uncomfortable question: Is it time to trust local people?
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Sandino ScheideggerYou can now own a Federico Herrero artwork and support Social Income at the same time. Only 22 exist — and one could be yours.
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Riccardo TamburiniIn international development, one word is rapidly changing how NGOs work: Localization.
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Social IncomeA typo used to need a developer. Here is why we switched to a CMS.
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Kerrin DieckmannIn 2016, Swiss voters overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to implement an unconditional basic income (UBI) for all.
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Riccardo TamburiniWhen Ebola swept through Sierra Leone, it left behind more than just loss: it tested the strength of an entire nation
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Sandino ScheideggerMicrocredits are meant to fight poverty. For the poorest, however, they often create more pressure than opportunity.
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Riccardo TamburiniIn a world where one Instagram Story can reach thousands and a single TikTok can go viral overnight, influencers hold a kind of digital megaphone that brands use to pay millions for.
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Riccardo TamburiniIt started with a Wikipedia page that vanished as quickly as I found it. That moment led me to Social Income. Four years later, I share how it shaped my journey.
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Sandino ScheideggerWe know we could do more. We read headlines about hunger, poverty, and deep inequality. We hear staggering numbers—millions living on less than two dollars a day.
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Matthew RobertsDirect cash transfers can be an effective tool for reducing income inequality because they provide financial support to those who are struggling to make ends meet.
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Riccardo TamburiniPoverty is a major global issue that affects billions of people around the world.
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Social IncomeSocial Income lets everyone participate in the fight against global poverty by contributing 1% of their income, which is paid out directly to the phones of people in need.
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Social IncomeFacing the harsh reality of extreme poverty, over 700 million individuals globally survive on under $1.90 per day, a crisis that disproportionately affects children. The goal to eradicate this by 2030 underlines the vital global effort of Sustainable Development Goal 1.
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Social IncomeThe Swiss nonprofit Social Income asks, “What would change if you gave away 1% of your income every month? Not much, right?”
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Social IncomeThe Zurich-based project Social Income provides people in Sierra Leone with an unconditional basic income. Could this be the future of poverty alleviation?
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