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In the three years since the federal government started handing out checks to provide relief from the pandemic, the idea of no-strings-attached money for all has crept further into the mainstream.

Interest in universal basic income has grown in recent years, and now many are looking to pilot programs to see whether local-level experiments could be applied to the federal level. The concept of ...

Universal basic income and guaranteed basic income programs offer unconditional, recurring payments. Basic income pilots are active in the US but have also been tried worldwide. Countries like Kenya ...

Republican lawmakers in Arizona have introduced a bill to ban guaranteed basic income programs. The bill would ban any county or municipality from offering "unearned" payments to residents.

A new study on universal basic income compares the benefits of monthly payments to lump-sum payments. While the study is ongoing, it found lump-sum payments help those in need build wealth in the long ...