Automatic Basic Income
Automatic Basic Income (ABI) will be a necessity for the survival of humanity and the planet. Some call this UBI, where the 'U' stands for either "Universal" or "Unconditional", depending on who you ask.
Basic income is not a new idea, but the automation with which we can do it is newer than these supporters Thomas More, John Locke and Thomas Paine.
Organizations
- UBIE.org - Unconditional Basic Income Europe
- BasicIncome.org.uk - Basic Income UK is a member of UBIE
Possible sources of money for ABI
- Our automation wealth in the w:free software stack, which causes falling costs for companies and societies and more services for less money
- Improved taxation e.g. the new model proposed by the w:OECD
- w:Helicopter money i.e. central bank stimulating economy by printing money and giving it to the reservoir to pay for ABI
Addressing the need for tax reform
ABI around the world
Sikkim, India
w:Sikkim is a state in India, which has successfully developed hydro power projects and subsequently produces almost 10x as much electricity than it consumes and they will roll out ABI in the early 2020s.
Basic income in wikis
Other wikis
Wikimedia foundation wikis
Wikipedia
- w:Basic income
- w:Basic income pilots
- w:Global basic income
- Basic income around the world
- w:List of basic income models
- Guaranteed minimum income
- Basic income in the United States
- w:List of advocates of basic income
The Finnish Wikipedia
Other