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Universal basic income

May 2020

  • John Harris

    Why universal basic income could help us fight the next wave of economic shocks

    John Harris
    The coronavirus crisis has put insecurity at the heart of tens of millions of lives, says Guardian columnist John Harris

April 2020

  • A young self-employed woman protests against the level of statutory sick pay available to self-employed and contracted workers during the coronavirus outbreak. Edinburgh, Scotland on 23 March.

    UK workers hit by the economic pain of coronavirus need an income guarantee

    Rory Macqueen
    A minimum income standard is more feasible than universal basic income – and could become a lasting safety net, says Labour activist Rory Macqueen

March 2020

  • Jim Campbell, 48, a close up magician.

    'I've been panicking': UK self-employed plead for better Covid-19 response

  • Larry Elliott

    Economics viewpoint
    The coronavirus crisis may lead to a new way of economic thinking

    Larry Elliott
  • In this photo taken Wednesday Aug. 14, 2019, Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs discusses a program he initiated to give $500 to 125 people who earn at or below the city’s median household income of $46,033 during an interview in Stockton, Calif. They get the money on a debit card on the 15th of each month to spend any what they want. Tubbs says the program, which is privately funded, could be a solution to the city’s poverty problem. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

    One California mayor has tried universal basic income. His advice for Trump: 'Think big'

  • Andrew Yang Supporters<br>Burlington, IA - January 29, 2020: Businessman and 2020 presidential candidate Andrew Yang posed for a portrait after speaking to Iowan voters, supporters ahead of Iowa Caucus voting in Burlington, Iowa on January 29, 2020. Photo: Christopher Lee/VII Mentor Program Credit: Chris Lee / VII / Redux / eyevine Please agree fees before use. SPECIAL RATES MAY APPLY. For further information please contact eyevine tel: +44 (0) 20 8709 8709 e-mail: info@eyevine.com www.eyevine.com,

    '$1,000 per person should be the baseline': Andrew Yang on direct payments during coronavirus

  • America is in crisis. We need universal basic income now

    Karl Widerquist

  • In a pandemic, the wrong economic policy can be fatal

January 2020

  • A view of Hull city centre showing the Maritime Museum.

    Hull asks to be first UK city to trial universal basic income

  • Daniel Susskind at home in London.

    Daniel Susskind: ‘Automation of jobs is one of the greatest questions of our time’

October 2019

  • Sajid Javid

    Tory policy announcements: duplicity and hyperbole

    Letters: Guardian readers discuss the Conservative party conference, and the party’s political legacy so far

September 2019

  • Kenan Malik

    These radical ideas might seem utopian but at least they fire the imagination

    Kenan Malik
    Labour’s proposal of basic services for all takes a once fringe idea mainstream

July 2019

  • Mohamed El-Erian

    Project Syndicate economists
    Have central bank gambles paid off?

    Mohamed El-Erian
    Unconventional policies may have staved off short-term economic collapse but they may not foster long-term growth

June 2019

  • Sheffield

    Sheffield council backs universal basic income trial

    City moves closer to hosting pilot of ‘radical’ scheme Labour has vowed to trial if in power

May 2019

  • Will Hutton

    The zeitgeist has shifted. Now the left is fizzing with ideas for a smarter economy

    Will Hutton
    Ambivalence over Brexit may be the only thing stopping it from being the party of progressive reform
  • Shadow chancellor John McDonnell. Under a Labour plan, money given in a universal basic income trial could be spent any way the recipients wanted to.

    Labour would trial universal basic income if elected, John McDonnell says

    Shadow chancellor says pilot schemes would be held in Liverpool, Sheffield and the Midlands

    • Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
      Government's new deadline for passing Brexit deal is 2 July, says Lidington – as it happened

    • Labour-backed report urges trials of universal basic income

    • Universal basic income doesn’t work. Let’s boost the public realm instead

      Anna Coote

March 2019

  • Rahul Gandhi

    India: Congress party pledges universal basic income for the poor

    Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi promises ‘final assault on poverty’ if elected in May
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