U.N. special rapportuer Philip Alston says a "basic income offers a bold and imaginative solution to pressing problems that are about to become far more intractable as a result of the directions in which the global economy appears inexorably to be heading." (Photo: Generation Grundeinkommen/flickr/cc) Amplifying the call for a universal basic income, a United Nations expert has presented a report describing the idea as "a bold and imaginative solution" at a time of growing economic insecurity.
"People feel exposed, vulnerable, overwhelmed, and helpless and some are being systematically marginalized both economically and socially," Philip Alston, U.N. Special Rapporteur on […]
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