From Finland to India, the Netherlands and Canada, there is heightened interest in the Universal Basic Income project , whereby every citizen gets a monthly sum allocated by the government, regardless of his/her employment status. This income is independent of every other monetary source and guarantees a monthly starting salary above the poverty line for the rest of the citizens’ lives.
The possibility of implementing a universal basic income (UBI) is currently being discussed in several countries for a number of reasons: rising inequality, low wages, unemployment, rapid automation of jobs. But UBI is not a new idea. In the […]
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