Global basic income is a proposal that calls for every adult and child in the world to receive an unconditional monthly cash payment to cover their basic needs, as a fundamental human right.
It expands on the idea of universal basic income (UBI), and proposes that national UBIs be underpinned by a global UBI as a universal social safety net. This transforms UBI into a global justice tool, which could return wealth from the 1% to the 99% and from the Global North to the South, addressing global inequality ending extreme poverty for people everywhere.
Equal Right (formerly known as World Basic Income) is the first organisation in the world to actively research and campaign for this idea. Working with a fast-growing network of activists and experts from every continent, we are building a body of research and initiating a grassroots movement to push for this change.
It expands on the idea of universal basic income (UBI), and proposes that national UBIs be underpinned by a global UBI as a universal social safety net. This transforms UBI into a global justice tool, which could return wealth from the 1% to the 99% and from the Global North to the South, addressing global inequality ending extreme poverty for people everywhere.
Equal Right (formerly known as World Basic Income) is the first organisation in the world to actively research and campaign for this idea. Working with a fast-growing network of activists and experts from every continent, we are building a body of research and initiating a grassroots movement to push for this change.
Why not just national UBIs in each country?Our briefing explains why global UBI is vital to secure fundamental human rights for at least half of the world's people, whose basic rights could not be covered by national UBIs alone.
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Where could the money come from?Our modelling suggests that trillions of dollars of new global money could be raised from wealthy people and companies, providing a UBI of $30 to over $100 per person per month.
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Why for the whole world, including the rich?By targeting the wealthy to pay for it, but providing it to all, we can have a global universal basic income that is progressive but still widely supported and defended.
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