Benoit Hamon, a frontrunner in upcoming Socialist primaries, is campaigning on a universal basic income (AFP Photo/STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN) Paris (AFP) – What role will work play in our future lives populated with robots and driverless vehicles? As France prepares to elect a new president, it is wrangling with bigger issues than simple election manifestos.
The catalyst for the soul-searching has been a proposal from leading Socialist party candidate Benoit Hamon to adopt a universal basic income — a state handout of around 750 euros ($805) a month, made to everyone.
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