A Genealogy of the Idea of Universal Basic Income

A Genealogy of the Idea of Universal Basic Income

By: Anton Jäger, Daniel Zamora –

COULD A GLOBAL PANDEMIC give us a Universal Basic Income? About a year ago, this question might have sounded fanciful — speculation for futurologists and bloggers, not a serious issue for statesmen and policy makers. The most prominent political spokesperson for the idea, New York entrepreneur and presidential candidate Andrew Yang, dropped out of the race in February without having ever consistently polled above five percent. The UBI generated buzz, of course, but its implementation still seemed far away. How far our world has moved in the last month. In previous weeks, calls to […]

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