COVID-19 is a novel and unprecedented challenge. Yet, we do not enter this fight entirely unprepared. Our societies have seen epidemics and outbreaks from which we have, or we should have, learned. What are those lessons? What does research tell us about the social dynamics of the pandemic and of our responses to it?
The following article is authored by Guy Standing.
A basic income system is not just desirable as a response to the coronavirus pandemic and associated economic crisis. It is essential, in both rich countries and developing countries.
