Michael Bohmeyer

Michael Bohmeyer (born 1 October 1984, in Rüdersdorf) is a German entrepreneur, author and activist for universal basic income. In 2014, he founded the association Mein Grundeinkommen.

Life and career

Together 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]

In 2021, he appeared on the ZDF program „13 Fragen“.[6]

Film

Works
  • 2019: Michael Bohmeyer and Claudia Cornelsen: Was würdest Du tun? Wie uns das Bedingungslose Grundeinkommen verändert, Econ Verlag 2019, ISBN 3430210070

References
  1. Spangenberg, Toni. "Der Mann hinter dem bedingungslosen Grundeinkommen". Berliner Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2021-06-13.
  2. "1000 Euro Grundeinkommen. Ein Jahr lang. Was haben die Menschen damit getan?". stern.de (in German). Retrieved 2021-06-13.
  3. "Was ist das Bedingungslose Grundeinkommen?". Was würdest du tun, wenn du plötzlich Grundeinkommen hättest? - Mein Grundeinkommen (in German). Retrieved 2021-06-13.
  4. "Internetplattform gegründet - Zur Strafe "Hartz-IV" kürzen? Nicht mit uns!". Deutschlandfunk (in German). Retrieved 2021-06-13.
  5. "Free Lunch Society - Komm Komm Grundeinkommen". Österreichisches Filminstitut (in German). Retrieved 2021-06-13.
  6. "13 Fragen: Bedingungsloses Grundeinkommen! Jetzt erst recht?" (in German). Retrieved 2021-06-11.
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