This is the first episode in a four-part series on Universal Basic Income (UBI). We explore the meaning of UBI, its history, and the experiments conducted on UBI around the world.

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References:

• ‘Utopia’, Thomas More, 1516, republished by Planet eBook.
• ‘On Assistance to the Poor’, Juan Luis Vives, 1526, republished by University of Toronto Press.
• ‘Utopia for Realists: The Case for a Universal Basic Income, Open Borders, and a 15-Hour Workweek’, Rutger Bregman, 2016, The Correspondent.
• ‘Basic Income: A Guide for the Open-Minded’, Guy Standing, 2017, Yale University Press, New Haven and London.
• ‘Basic Income: A Radical Proposal for a Free Society and a Sane Economy’, Philippe Van Parijs & Yannick Vanderborght, 2017, Harvard University Press.
• Basic Income Earth Network website.
• World Economic Forum: ‘A Basic Income for All: Dream or Delusion?’
• Yang 2020 website.
• Tedx Talks, ‘Basic Income: Utopia or Solution?’, Guy Standing.
• ‘MLK Advocates for Guaranteed Income at Stanford (1967)’.
• LibertyPen, ‘Milton Friedman – The Negative Income Tax’.
• ‘Primer on Universal Basic Income’, Ray Dalio, Linkedin.
• ‘Switzerland’s Voters Reject Basic Income Plan’, BBC.
• ‘A Guaranteed Income: Why the Swiss Said No’, The Local.
• ‘The Amazing True Socialist Miracle of the Alaska Permanent Fund’, Dylan Matthews, Vox.
• ‘No Strings Attached: The Behavioural Effects of U.S. Unconditional Cash Transfer Programs’, Roosevelt Institute.

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Music: Julian Angelatos
Artwork: Nerpa Mate