Free-market economist Milton Friedman believed in a form of guaranteed basic income. (Eddie Adams/Associated Press) Mark Gollom One might assume that the Ontario Liberal government’s pilot project to provide a guaranteed basic income would be roundly dismissed by those on the political and economic right as yet another government-led social welfare scheme doomed to failure.
But the policy has adherents among some free-market economists and libertarian thinkers who believe this type of program is the most efficient way to provide assistance to the poor.
"If you accept the idea that there’s going to be some sort of redistribution taking place in […]
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