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Giving people $1,000 in 'emergency cash' could prevent homelessness

For people on the brink of losing it all, cash can be a lifesaver. That's according to a study published in the August 2016 issue of Science, which found giving the near-homeless roughly $1,000 in...

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Iran tried its own basic income scheme — and people didn't give up working

One of the biggest criticisms of basic income, a system of giving people modest salaries just for being alive, is that it discourages people from working. A new report on an ongoing cash-transfer...

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An economist says 66 countries could end poverty by giving their citizens...

Foreign aid has its place in the quest to eradicate global poverty, but one economist believes free cash can go pretty far, too. John McArthur, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, wrote in a...

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The largest cash transfer program in the US just got a huge vote of confidence

Alaskans like their free cash. According to a new survey from the Economic Security Project, 81% of residents say that a state-run cash transfer program improves their quality of life. The program is...

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Free money for women could be a solution to poverty in Southeast Asia

The universal basic income debate has been raging for some years, with politicians and people hotly divided over the notion of their government paying every citizen a set amount of money on a regular...

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Giving every American $12,000 a year in free money could grow the economy by...

A monthly check of $1,000 delivered to every American adult would grow the US economy by roughly $2.5 trillion over eight years, a new study found. Conducted by the left-leaning Roosevelt Institute,...

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