David Olive writes that it’s time to establish a Universal Basic Income in Canada: A UBI is a government payment that tops up family income so that it modestly exceeds the poverty line, or low-income threshold. As households are able to generate more income on their own, UBI payments are
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Dead Wild Roses: Universal Basic Income – A Change We Need
If we have to live within a capitalist framework, the very least we can do is make sure everyone has a chance.
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More and more jobs are fated to disappear, thanks to monoliths like Amazon squeezing out other retail, thanks to autonomous vehicles close to becoming part of the mainstream, and for a host of other reasons. Economist Robert Reich offers a partial answer to those losses, one that I doubt will
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