Month: October 2025

A Breakdown of the Fiscal Impact of Three UBI Scenarios in Brazil

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Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction UBI schemes analysed and method Fiscal effects Distributional effects 4.1. Poverty and inequality indicators 4.2. Distributional effects in terms of winners and losers Conclusion and References 3. Fiscal effects In this first section of the results some aggregates are computed that could help to determine the financial feasibility … Read more

Why Crunch Lab’s $5M Raise Could Transform How Enterprises Build AI Models

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How Crunch Lab Plans to Replace $100M Hiring Budgets with 10,000 Crowdsourced Engineers Can a network of anonymous contributors outperform elite in-house teams at a fraction of the cost? Crunch Lab is betting $5 million that the answer is yes. On October 7, 2025, Crunch Lab announced it secured $5 million in funding co-led by Galaxy Ventures … Read more

Can a Flat Tax and Basic Income Really Work in Brazil? Here’s the Model.

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Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction UBI schemes analysed and method Fiscal effects Distributional effects 4.1. Poverty and inequality indicators 4.2. Distributional effects in terms of winners and losers Conclusion and References 2. UBI schemes analysed and method As mentioned above, three hypothetical UBI schemes have been simulated. The first scheme considered (Scheme 1) … Read more

Brazil’s Broken Welfare System: Is a Universal Basic Income the Answer?

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:::info Authors: (1) Rozane Bezerra de Siqueira, Department of Economics, Centro de Ciências Sociais Aplicadas, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Av. dos Economistas s/n, Recife-PE, CEP 50740-580 (rozane_siqueira@yahoo.com.br); (2) José Ricardo Bezerra Nogueira, Department of Economics, Centro de Ciências Sociais Aplicadas, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Av. dos Economistas s/n, Recife-PE, CEP 50740-580 (jrbnogueira@yahoo.com.br). ::: Table of … Read more

Police bust gang suspected of stealing 40,000 phones

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The Metropolitan Police said its the “largest ever operation to tackle phone theft in London.” | Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images An international gang suspected of smuggling up to 40,000 stolen phones from the UK to China over the past 12 months has been dismantled by police in London. The criminal network is allegedly responsible … Read more

Filecoin Confronts Persistent Selling Pressure as Token Slumps 4%

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Filecoin (FIL) confronted intense selling pressure as the token penetrated multiple support thresholds at $2.39, $2.37, and $2.36 amid exceptionally robust trading volumes on Tuesday morning during the U.S. trading session, according to CoinDesk Research’s technical analysis model. The model showed the decentralized storage network’s native cryptocurrency experienced its most severe contraction during the last … Read more