A basic income grant for South Africa: More money in poor people’s pockets, but at a heavy cost Analysis of the implications of expanding income support measures in South Africa, including basic income grants, has focused on one of three things: calculations about how much it will cost, how much revenue will need to be raised (but not the assessment of ripple effects). without doing) ), and how it can affect the incomes of the rich and the poor.
Each of these provide a significant contribution. But they do not address the dynamic and long-term effects of basic income support […]
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