Yesterday universal basic income gained another influential supporter. Richard Branson calls for intensive research and experimenting with basic income. You can find the original article over at Virgin.
Also mentioned in the article is Rutger Bregman's famous and remarkable TED Talk explaining why we should pay everyone a basic income. I strongly recommend watching the full length of it:
This is great news. The more influential people start to support the idea of universal basic income the sooner we will see it implemented.