Alejandro Gaviria’s basic income: A populist promise for 2022.

Alejandro Gaviria’s basic income: A populist promise for 2022.

Last week, Colombia’s center-left presidential candidate Alejandro Gaviria promised that if Colombians elected him as president next year, he would pass a nationwide basic income for those under 30 years. However, far from being something easy to achieve, the truth is that such a measure will be so difficult to execute that it’s almost impossible it could happen. Populism.

Despite the legislative branch will probably shut down Alejandro Gaviria’s proposal, it is an undeniable fact this is nothing more than a populist promise in order to get as many votes as possible. Especially in a moment when the […]

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