Basic income proposal by influential Suga adviser hard to sell in Japan
The idea has caught Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's eye at a time when the coronavirus pandemic is stirring worries about job security and social inequality.
Media join the debate over the economics of a universal basic income
Could the introduction of such a welfare model lead to economic inequality?
Would a universal basic income make us lazy or creative?
We are indeed in the midst of a digital transformation that will destroy many old jobs and create many new ones, and we need structures that help people adapt.
Is universal basic income a done deal?
The social and economic changes that might deal with the mass destruction of jobs by automation are being road-tested right now.
An idea that might be the solution to runaway populism has suddenly gone mainstream.
