The Basic Income

The Basic income, a cultural impulse is a German-Swiss documentary that promotes the idea of a Basic income. The film, directed by Daniel Häni and Enno Schmidt, was released in 2008. Since then, it has been translated into several languages among which are Bulgarian, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Slovak, Slovenian, and Spanish.

The documentary has been mainly broadcast on the internet and has reached more than 500,000 views by 2012 according to the official website.^[1] Versions with subtitles in many languages as well as dubbed versions in French and Slovak can be viewed on YouTube.

"The video was used as a basis for discussion in numerous groups during the time the Swiss petition for a Basic Income to be included in the Constitution was under way."^[2]

References

↑ "Making-of zum Film Grundeinkommen – ein Kulturimpuls" (in German). 9 September 2008. Retrieved 2012-08-30.
↑ "Basic Income". LiveiPad. Retrieved 2014-02-16.

External links

Basic income topics

Topics	Basic income pilots Citizen's dividend Negative income tax Real freedom Right to an adequate standard of living

Organizations	Basic Income Earth Network Enhet Green Party of England and Wales Pirate Party Germany Pirate Party of Finland Pirate Party UK Vivant

People	Étienne Chouard Harry Dahms André Gorz Sepp Kusstatscher Guy Standing Eduardo Suplicy Philippe Van Parijs

Regional projects	Alaska Permanent Fund Asignación Universal por Hijo Bolsa Família Iranian subsidy reform plan Omitara

By region	Around the world Brazil Canada India Netherlands United Kingdom

Works	Agrarian Justice (pamphlet) The Basic Income (documentary)

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