Op-Ed: Pandemic causes Universal Basic Income? Not so weird after all.

Op-Ed: Pandemic causes Universal Basic Income? Not so weird after all.

Sydney – The sheer havoc caused by the pandemic and the massive dislocations and damage to people’s lives has caused UBI to come back into focus. The UBI debate is pretty appropriate as the global economy staggers under multiple hits.

Universal Basic Income is a regular payment without strings attached, unlike many Social Security schemes. The original call for UBI has been around for quite a while. It was originally raised as a remedy for poverty and wealth inequity, but the pandemic has raised the stakes enormously. Although most governments did come to the party with stimulus packages for […]

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