Basic Income Won’t Fix Everything, We Need More Innovative Social Ideas

A Universal Basic Income (UBI) will not fix everything- it’s not supposed to -it’s a start for some people and a boon for everyone. But don’t let the prospect of a little free money stop us from pursuing more progressive regulations and reforms.

UBI is meant to provide a floor -a standard-which no one can fall beneath. But giving people unconditional free money shouldn’t be the end of the conversation, says Ben Spies-Butcher, a Senior Lecturer and Director of the Masters of Policy and Applied Social Research in the Sociology Department at Macquarie University.

In his essay ” Not Just a […]

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