Universal Basic Income written on a table during a session at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland on January 23, 2018 [File: Reuters/Denis Balibouse] In September, Pope Francis attended the World Meeting of Popular Movements, an initiative he launched 10 years ago as a platform for grassroots organisations to come together and address the “economy of exclusion and inequality”. During his speech at the event, the head of the Catholic Church renewed his call for a global universal basic income (UBI), saying that implementing such a measure would not only be a reflection of compassion but […]
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