Economic Policy Trends: Better in Theory? Why a Basic Income is Not the Right Tool for this Moment

Authors

  • Anna Cameron
  • Gillian Petit

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11575/sppp.v13i0.70133

Abstract

As the COVID-19 pandemic forces more non-essential businesses to shutter and leaves a growing number of workers out of a job, policy experts, academics, and public figures alike have touted a basic income as the ideal policy for delivering financial relief to struggling Canadians.

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Published

2020-04-02

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Communiqués