The pandemic has disrupted informal work worldwide, leaving many without any form of income.
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Unconditional emergency assistance for the world’s poorest could be funded by temporarily freezing debt repayments.
Poverty, inequality and social isolation have an impact on mental health.
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Social psychiatry has fallen from favour. It’s time to revisit it.
“Gig workers” such as those who deliver food and other packages could benefit from a universal basic income (UBI).
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To achieve universal basic income, changes would be needed in terms of public and political support. Could the Covid-19 pandemic turn the tide?
Job seekers wait on the side of a road in South Africa. Joblessness stands at a record high.
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Economic distress was the norm for many before the coronavirus outbreak. The pandemic is an opportunity to provide an economically secure future for all.
A consumer pays for her purchase with 1000 rupiah at a market in Lenek Village, East Lombok District, Indonesia.
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In emergencies, time is a currency. If the government fails to deliver basic income to the people, the consequences could be catastrophic.
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Mental health experts have called for universal basic income as far back as 1969.
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Lockdown throws our relationship with work into the spotlight.
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We believe a basic income should be a right, but it should be underpinned by a principle of reciprocity - people must contribute to society in return.
A universal basic income and a job guarantee are critical ways to help us weather the economic storm of the coronavirus pandemic.
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A universal basic income could provide financially precarious people with the money they need. And it would keep money flowing through the financial system.
People need cash in hand.
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An economist specializing in inequality explains how a basic income guarantee is just what low-wage workers and the economy need.
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Short-term schemes make it difficult to assess, but nine basic income-style programmes from Canada to Iran reveal some fascinating outcomes.
Democracy needs to apply to our economies, as well as our politics.
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Unlike older visions of economic democracy which started with class or the collective, the starting point now should be the individual
Andrew Yang wants to give Americans $1,000 a month.
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Francis Townsend had a similar if less ambitious idea in the 1930s that never got through Congress but ended up making Social Security a lot more generous.
An alleged Banksy artwork at the Extinction Rebellion camp site, London.
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The first step is admitting we have a problem, but what should come next to protect the planet?
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If society is serious about a Green New Deal, we’ll need universal basic income to implement it.
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The Finnish experiment will only fuel further debate on whether or not universal basic income is a good idea.
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The universal basic income movement has a major problem: both critics and even many supporters don’t understand how much it would really cost.
Basic income: a step forward for women?
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Despite a range of laws and policy measures, many gender inequities seem firmly entrenched. One innovative policy measure that could make a difference is basic income.
The national minimum wage in Fiji is just $2.32 Fijian dollars per hour, or F$111.36 for a 48-hour week.
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Experience in Fiji shows that reducing working poverty requires not only a raise in the minimum wage, but a minimum set of government services and benefits.
More than 40 years ago professor Ronald Henderson floated the idea of a guaranteed minimum income.
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We increasingly celebrate entrepreneurial self-reliance, but for disadvantaged people, the certainty of an adequate income is a fundamental foundation. It may not be sufficient, but it is necessary.