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Catherine Armstrong [1], The University of York, 2023 Introduction The Universal Basic Income (UBI) guarantees every adult an income. The Job Guarantee (JG) provides employment to everyone willing and …
Should we favour a Job Guarantee over a Universal Basic Income as a means of achieving a more socially just society? Read MoreAround the world, people are responding to changing economic, social and environmental pressures and discussions are often centred around how best to meet the needs of citizens and reduce high …
Universal Basic Income or a Job Guarantee? Read MoreGIMMS welcomes this week’s guest MMT Lens author Peter Martin. Peter has always taken an interest in politics and economics and considered himself vaguely Keynesian. He first came across …
Modern Monetary Theory and the COVID-19 induced economic slowdown. Read MoreLast week the House of Lords Committee on intergenerational fairness said that it was time to rebalance government policies to favour young people, or risk further shattering of the ‘social …
Repeat after us…there is no social care funding gap and no tax burden on future generations Read MoreKeeping with this week’s MMT Lens theme our regular Sunday reblog is by Edward Miller who is a senior campaigner for economic fairness at GETUP in Australia. In this detailed …
A Universal Job Guarantee: An End To The Neoliberal Employment Landscape? Read MoreCapitalism does not permit an even flow of economic resources. With this system, a small privileged few are rich beyond conscience, and almost all others are doomed to be poor …
Is a Universal Basic Income the answer to poverty? Read More