Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), analyzed on Monday 27 November the potential benefits that a universal and unconditional basic income could have on the 145 million young people in the region, during her presentation of the book Basic Income: A Radical Proposal for a Free Society and a Sane Economy , by authors Phillippe Van Parijs and Yannick Vanderborght, published by Grano de Sal.
According to Bárcena, this could be “a redistributive, intergenerational and emancipating instrument” for young people in the region, that could allow them not only to start […]
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