Michael Bohmeyer (born 1 October 1984, in Rüdersdorf) is a German entrepreneur, author and activist for universal basic income in the country. In 2014, he founded the association Mein Grundeinkommen.
Life and career
editTogether with others, Bohmeyer founded various companies: the online sign trade Bohmeyer & Schuster GmbH, the social network want2do AG and the technology startup admineo UG.
As a passive co-owner of Bohmeyer & Schuster since 2013, Bohmeyer receives an annual profit distribution.[1] He perceived this unpowered income as „eine Art Bedingungsloses Grundeinkommen“ ("a kind of unconditional basic income"). Inspired by this experience, he founded the non-governmental organization Mein Grundeinkommen in 2014.[1] The NGO uses crowdfunding to collect money to be raffled off as a one-year basic income of 1,000 euros per month among the people registered on its website.[2] As of 2021, over 800 people have gained a one-year basic income.[3]
In 2015 Bohmeyer took part in the establishment of the association Sanktionsfrei, which offers recipients of Arbeitslosengeld II legal and financial help.[4]
In 2018 the documentary film Free Lunch Society - Come Come Basic Income was released, with Michael Bohmeyer as initiator and founder of Mein Grundeinkommen.[5]
Film
edit- 2018: Free Lunch Society - Come Come Basic Income. Documentary film, Austria / Germany, director: Christian Tod; production: Golden Girls with Michael Bohmeyer and others
Works
edit- 2019: Michael Bohmeyer and Claudia Cornelsen: Was würdest Du tun? Wie uns das Bedingungslose Grundeinkommen verändert, Econ Verlag 2019, ISBN 3430210070
References
edit- ^ a b Spangenberg, Toni. "Der Mann hinter dem bedingungslosen Grundeinkommen". Berliner Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2021-06-13.
- ^ "1000 Euro Grundeinkommen. Ein Jahr lang. Was haben die Menschen damit getan?". stern.de (in German). Retrieved 2021-06-13.
- ^ "Was ist das Bedingungslose Grundeinkommen?". Was würdest du tun, wenn du plötzlich Grundeinkommen hättest? - Mein Grundeinkommen (in German). Retrieved 2021-06-13.
- ^ "Internetplattform gegründet - Zur Strafe "Hartz-IV" kürzen? Nicht mit uns!". Deutschlandfunk (in German). Retrieved 2021-06-13.
- ^ "Free Lunch Society - Komm Komm Grundeinkommen". Österreichisches Filminstitut (in German). Retrieved 2021-06-13.
- ^ "13 Fragen: Bedingungsloses Grundeinkommen! Jetzt erst recht?" (in German). Retrieved 2021-06-11.