Spain: Basic Income to Mitigate Coronavirus Impact

It’s two days before Jessica will be unable to pay her rent for the first time in her life, and she is standing at the gate of the private charity “Hermandad del Refugio” in downtown Zaragoza. Here in the capital of the Aragon region, between Barcelona and Madrid, the summers are hot and the winters windy. Around 10 a.m. in late May, the sun is already scorching.

There are 18 men and women ahead of Jessica in line, standing silently, their arms folded across their chests. They are all pulling shopping trolleys, into which they’ll pack milk cartons, noodles and […]

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