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Money for nothing?

Unconditional Basic Income

The conditions under which people live and work are changing rapidly, not just in emerging economies, but in Europe as well. In some places, industrialisation is only starting to pick up steam, but here we are facing some completely new challenges: competition from low-wage countries and swift advances in digitalisation are making millions of jobs superfluous. This is why a subsistence income, which would not require people to do anything in return, is needed for everybody.

• Author: Monika Köppl-Turyna
• Date: 27. January 2017