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EURA Conversation #78
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Conversation #78
COULD ‘FREE MONEY’ FOR CITIZENS HELP ADDRESS INEQUALITY IN EUROPEAN CITIES?
by Marc Doussard, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
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In recent years, a substantial number of U.S. cities have introduced basic income policies. The proliferation of this novel approach to social protection in a country marked by skepticism towards any social spending, raises the possibility that European cities will soon move on the policy. The central idea of basic income is regular, unconditional cash transfers. The goal of universal basic income designates everybody a recipient regardless of means. Cities have become steppingstones to this policy, trialing targeted basic income schemes focused on selected groups of citizens facing barriers to economic security. Cities have a lot of reasons to pass on basic income. Basic income proposes [Keep reading...]
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