[INTERVIEW] Universal basic income unnecessary for Korea in long term: Nobel-winning economist

Abhijit Banerjee, Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) / Courtesy of Abhijit Banerjee Gov’t needs to strengthen public education system for the underprivileged
By Lee Hyo-jin
The coronavirus pandemic has exacerbated inequality in many countries, and Korea is no exception. Nearly two years into the pandemic, the country is seeing deepening polarization in various areas of society, including education, employment, access to healthcare and housing.
The unprecedented health crisis has had an especially hard impact on the vulnerable and poor, pushing them further into poverty, while the share of wealth […]

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