Category: Universal Basic Income

Across the globe, even in this great era of modern development and equality, there are still millions who live in impoverish conditions, and despite their hard labour they are still unable to earn enough income to support themselves and their families. These terrible living conditions can lead to malnutrition and even death by starvation in…

Estonia is a small but developed country, with a population of 1.3 million, located in Northern Europe. Its high-income economy is often referred to as the fastest growing in the EU. In addition to that, Estonian citizens obtain the free education and universal health care. On the international market, the country stands out for its…

The coronavirus pandemic has already resulted in some major changes to our lives, from the introduction of mask wearing and social distancing to a reassessment of office culture. And it’s also resulted in discussions around, and calls for, a universal basic income. In the UK, the government introduced a furlough scheme during the first pandemic;…

In recent years many European and extra-European countries have been considering the introduction of an innovative and ambitious kind of social policy: The Universal Basic Income (UBI). This concept is not completely revolutionary; already in the 90s several economists and politicians proposed the idea of guaranteeing fair standard of life to the whole society (Rhys-Williams,…

Many people have suffered from financial and economic problems throughout the globe. The idea of a universal basic income (UBI) has sparked this trend. The magazine known throughout the world. The UBI is an actual cash payment for all people (2016), the economist states. Indeed, the idea behind the UBI is quite old. According to…

One of the central goals of development economics has been to understand how to raise the quality of life of the people. As Adam Smith (1776) made an emphasis on his book, Wealth of Nations, “No society can be surely flourishing and happy, of which by far the greater part of the numbers are poor…