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"Guy Standing's opener lays out a cogent case for a universal basic income
(UBI). Since the onset of the global pandemic, it is a policy proposal that has
rightly received high-level political attention—not only within individual
countries (such as here in the UK where it was at least debated by Parliament
back in March), but also on the international level as endorsed by the United
Nations. Never has there been such a need for providing an immediate,
guaranteed, unconditional income to the world’s poorest people.
Standing’s essay is, essentially, a vision of a just society that ensures
everyone has access to the basics for a dignified life. Crucially, his vision
does not see a UBI as a replacement for all other forms of social support, or
as a means to privatize what remains of welfare states. He also addresses the
controversial issue of affordability: indeed, there is no technical reason why
governments could not fund a full UBI through higher taxes on the wealthy,
subsidy shifting, or even innovative solutions like a Commons Capital Fund. As
Standing rightly points out, the pandemic has dramatically busted the myth that
governments cannot afford to implement radical pro-social investments—the issue
is one of political will, not cost."
Via Muse, who wrote "Very interesting take on Universal Basic Income and the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights."
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