Christine Jardine, a Scottish politician who represents Edinburgh in the UK parliament, was not a fan of universal basic income before the pandemic hit. © Paul Zinken/picture alliance/Getty Images Empty tables and chairs stand in front of a restaurant in Berlin. Germany is under partial lockdown in November. "It was regarded in some quarters as a kind of socialist idea," said Jardine, a member of the centrist Liberal Democrats party.But not long after the government shut schools, shops, restaurants and pubs in March with little warning, she started to reconsider her position. The corona pandemic is reopening the discussion […]
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