A universal basic income could encourage workers to stay off work. Let it.

A universal basic income could encourage workers to stay off work. Let it.

A person in bed. Image credit: John Clarke/Pikrepo. The Financial Times , no source to trifle with, says the sluggish return to work due to income supports during COVID "spells trouble" for fans of a universal basic income (UBI).

"If you give people the kind of financial support that allows them to withdraw their labour, a good number probably will."

I think the proper response to this insight, after due reflection, is DUH! The Financial Times (FT) belabours it anyway: "Could furlough schemes and pandemic handouts be spurring workers to shirk?"True, "shirk" betrays a touch of repressed employer rage, but the […]

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