Many people are struggling with crippling debt IAIN Macwhirter ("Universal Basic Income would just lead to increased poverty", The Herald, May 20) writes that "the benefits of automation should be spread by taxation, shorter hours and higher pay, not by creating a society of serfs living on a miserable stipend", but substantially shorter hours are incompatible with any jobs where people are valued by their experience or skill. A consultant surgeon simply will not be as useful if they have only worked half the time and gained half the experience. Today we would describe such a person as a […]
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