We shouldn’t confuse the idea of a liveable income as a right with UBI. The idea of a Universal Basic Income (UBI) is for the government to give everyone — rich and poor — a regular income that would be enough to cover their basic needs. It would be an unconditional payment, meaning you would not have to work or satisfy job-search tests to receive it.
UBI has been promoted over the years as a solution to mass poverty and unemployment and as a way of staving off serious political challenges to the capitalist system. Recently, it has been championed […]
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