Pandemic proves it’s time for basic income for all, economists say

Pandemic proves it's time for basic income for all, economists say

‘Before the pandemic came along, an awful lot of people were working at not very good jobs, with not very good pay,’ says economist Evelyn Forget, who studied the 1970s ‘mincome’ experiment in Dauphin, Man. (Peter Scobie/CBC) This is the third instalment in a series looking at the world we’ll live in post-pandemic — and what the health emergency has revealed about our economy and our social safety net.

The next time the world is blindsided by a global emergency, the economy will fare better if everyone is paid what they need to survive before it hits, according to […]

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