Recently, we’ve begun to hear MPs and others say things like ‘I’m against Basic Income because I’m pro-work’. I think this is a false opposition. One of the fundamental reasons I support Basic Income is because I believe it’s vital to improve work – not least by giving workers some power to reject that which is demeaning, underpaid or demoralising.
And yet, there has to be some reflection in the pro-Basic Income community that a hazy post-work narrative floats around, blurring the view. There are many appealing arguments for Basic Income, but the idea that the struggle to improve work […]
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