How Central Banks Could Use Digital Cash to Deliver Universal Basic Income

How Central Banks Could Use Digital Cash to Deliver Universal Basic Income

Frances Coppola, a CoinDesk columnist, is a freelance writer and speaker on banking, finance and economics. Her book “ The Case for People’s Quantitative Easing ” explains how modern money creation and QE work, and advocates “helicopter money” to help economies out of recession.

With the advent of the coronavirus pandemic, Universal Basic Income has suddenly become big news. Many people are now calling for governments to give everyone a regular income, with no work requirements – since we want most people to stay at home and not work – with no means testing (that is, adjusting for income).

However, delivering […]

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