A basic income is a form of

social security Welfare, or commonly social welfare, is a type of government support intended to ensure that members of a society can meet basic human needs such as food and shelter. Social security may either be synonymous with welfare, or refer specifical ...

in which a population group receives a regular sum of money, either from a government or from some other public institution, independent of any other income.Universal Basic Income: A Review
Social Science Research Network (SSRN). Accessed August 6, 2017. This is a list of alternates to

universal basic income Universal basic income (UBI) is a social welfare proposal in which all citizens of a given population regularly receive an unconditional transfer payment, that is, without a means test or need to work. It would be received independently of a ...

that intends to give all citizens of a population an unconditional sum of money, which have been implemented or proposed.

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