We interview Dr Evelyn Forget who describes the social and health effects of a basic income trial carried out in Canada in the 1970s. Then, Paul Harnett and Laura Bannister make a case for a World Basic Income that would go to everyone on the planet, as a way to help counter the COVID-19 outbreak.

Basic Income and the global pandemic struggle

This series of podcasts is a collaboration between Feasta and the European Health Futures Forum. 

Feasta is an open-membership think tank whose aims are to identify the characteristics  - economic, cultural and environmental -  of a truly sustainable society, articulate how the necessary transition can be effected and promote the implementation of the measures required for this purpose. While rooted in Ireland, Feasta has international membership and its focus is often on the global-level systemic changes that we believe to be vital to our future.

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This series of podcasts is a collaboration between Feasta and the European Health Futures Forum. Feasta is an open-membership think tank whose aims are to identify the characteristics - economic, cultural and environmental - of a truly sustainable society, articulate how the necessary transition can be effected and promote the implementation of the measures required for this purpose. While rooted in Ireland, Feasta has international membership and its focus is often on the global-level systemic changes that we believe to be vital to our future.

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