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Basic Income

The First World War gave birth to the progressive income tax. The coronavirus crisis could do the same for a basic income.
Many participants were able to leave dead-end jobs for something better, a McMaster University study found.
But businesses and higher earners would face a hit to their incomes.
It's seen as a way to tackle poverty with the rise of automation.
It was pretty much everywhere in the country that we heard about how poverty ... played a role in the violence.
The evidence is mounting that unconditional cash payments could unleash a new wave of business innovation.