Imagine a world in which you receive a monthly stipend, a basic income, with no strings attached and no questions asked. How might your life change?

 
While universal basic income (UBI) has caught on around the world as the next “big idea,” its antecedents and implications have yet to be explored. Earn a Living, a 7-part interactive documentary series aims to do just this: use basic income as a lens through which to interrogate our relationship to work, wealth and worth in the 21st century.

 

The series tackles the larger themes and questions related to basic income. Can people be trusted with “free money?” Who should pay to support society’s most vulnerable members? And what might the future of work look like (if such a thing as “work” will even exist)?