Universal basic income

Universal basic income

Smart house device illustration with app icons (home, smart, automation, smart appliances) Photo: 123rf.com There’s a new idea that might be the solution to runaway populism.

Well, it’s not that new, really – it has been kicking around in left-wing circles for a least a quarter-century – but it has suddenly gone mainstream.

It’s called Universal Basic Income (UBI), and pilot programmes to see if it really works in practice are being launched this year in four different countries. Gwynne Dyer. It’s populism that gave us Brexit in Britain and President Donald Trump in the United States.It could soon give us […]

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