Is universal basic income an effective social policy?

Is universal basic income an effective social policy?

This year’s “Brave New Work” summit, run by SFU’s Public Square , examined the role that “work” will play in the future. In the talk Basic Income: Progressive Hopes and Neoliberal Realities , John Clarke, an anti-poverty organizer at the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty, discussed universal basic income (UBI), a form of income support. Responders were Jenna van Draanen, a UBC post-doctoral sociologist; Michal Rozworkski, a self-proclaimed ”lefty economist”; Trish Garner, a BC Poverty Reduction coalition activist with a PhD in gender, sexuality, and women’s studies; and Duane Fontaine, a SFU PhD candidate with a background in accounting.

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