The topic: “What would you do if your income was taken care of?” Just a few years ago, an unconditional basic income was considered a pipe dream. Today, this utopia is more imaginable than ever before.

Free Lunch Society provides background information about this idea and searches for explanations and possibilities regarding its implementation.

An unconditional basic income means money for everyone - as a human right without service in return. 

Depending on the type and scope, a basic income demonstrates very different ideological visions: inactivity as sweet poison that seduces people into laziness, or freedom from material pressures as a chance for oneself and for the community.

Do we actually need the whip of existential fear to avoid a lazy, depraved life in front of the TV set? Or does gainful employment give our lives meaning and social footing? 

From Alaska's oil fields to the Canadian prairie, from Washington's think tanks to the Namibian steppes, Free Lunch Society takes us on a grand journey exploring one of the most crucial questions of our times.