Seventy-five years ago, the Beveridge Report identified five “Giant Evils” in society: squalor, ignorance, want, idleness, and disease. This report formed the crucible in which the system of national insurance was reformed and the National Health Service was founded by the subsequent Labour government. Although these Giant Evils have somewhat been tamed, more modern forms of want and idleness have grown up to replace them, as well as similar evils of obsolescence, isolation and disconnection.
The idea of a universal basic income is one that has been proposed to address these growing societal problems. The concept is that citizens receive […]
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