People gather on May 6, 2020, at a food distribution site in Nairobi. (Max Bearak/The Washington Post) Comment on this story The June 14 Made by History essay by Anton Jäger and Daniel Zamora Varga, “ The problem with universal basic income programs ,” mischaracterized the impact and intention of direct cash transfers, arguing they “forestall systemic or structural changes.” The authors employed a causal fallacy in claiming the spread of cash programs such as universal basic income are a result of an unrelated pro-globalization trend in aid dating back to the 1980s. Their only evidence that cash is […]
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