THE hopefully-soon-to-be-repeated decision to give every citizen in Jersey £100 on a pre-paid card has been an interesting study into exactly how this type of economic stimulus works in real life. The anonymised data collected from this scheme is a powerful and useful way of tracking how people use this money and exactly how much local businesses, and charities can benefit. Malcolm Ferey, chief executive of Citizens Advice Jersey Picture: ROB CURRIE. (30300405) Making benefit payments universal (or unconditional) is a concept that is gaining traction globally as many jurisdictions struggle with the ongoing negative economic effects of perpetual […]
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