I’ve always sat on the fence when it comes to universal basic income (UBI). There’s much that is attractive in an approach that, in its pure form, does away with means-testing and contribution tests to guarantee every individual a basic income in their own right. I’ve thus also always welcomed the debate about basic principles that proposals for a UBI encourage while not actually signing up to any of those proposals.
In part my reluctance to sign up in support, has reflected an ambivalence around the total absence of any conditions attached to entitlement. On the one hand this absence […]
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