Jonathan P. Baird: Coronavirus and the need to think big

Jonathan P. Baird: Coronavirus and the need to think big

The coronavirus pandemic has upended all conventional thinking. A fundamentally different situation demands a different response. What might have made sense a couple months ago makes no sense now. Some of the ideas discussed on the Democratic side during the early primary season deserve much more serious consideration.

For example, universal basic income or UBI, the Andrew Yang big idea, comes to mind. How about something like an emergency UBI providing $1,000 per adult and $500 per child monthly for as long as the outbreak lasts? We might only need to do it for four to six months but that […]

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