The rapid spread of COVID-19 is a disaster that has unfortunately only just begun. The necessity of shutting down non-essential businesses has left millions of people jobless and wondering how they will get by. The most effective way to provide immediate relief is to put cash directly in people’s hands — in other words, an emergency universal basic income. Suddenly, in a time of crisis, policymakers across the political spectrum have realized that a universal basic income would provide financial support and security in a time when both are hard to come by.
We already needed UBI before COVID-19; the […]
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