A Citizen’s Basic Income would directly address gender inequality

From time to time, reports from the financial sector highlight the fact that women are less able to shore up savings than men. (This is true, though the framing is often problematic, with the spotlight directed at women themselves. Yes, there is a savings gap, but there is nothing surprising about it.) One of these … Read more

Today’s welfare system is not one we would design today

If you had a blank sheet of paper and were asked to design a welfare system nobody, but nobody, would come up with the system that we have now. A universal basic income is an idea which has been considered in various forms for over two hundred years. Luminaries such as Abraham Lincoln and Dr … Read more