Michael Clifford: Is it now time to give some real thought to Universal Basic Income in Ireland?

Michael Clifford: Is it now time to give some real thought to Universal Basic Income in Ireland?

Before the crisis, they met monthly in a room in the Dublin Institute of Technology, writes Michael Clifford. A core group of around a dozen people usually showed up for the Basic Income Ireland meeting on a Wednesday in the Aungier Street building.

They discussed the next campaign, research that had surfaced from basic income experiments around the globe, review a book that explored the subject.

“If we had a basic income in place before this happened, there would have been a cushion there,” says Anne Ryan, a co-ordinator with Basic Income Ireland.“This is a time that people are losing jobs […]

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