There’s no doubt that the Covid-19 pandemic has hit many people very hard economically. Unemployment rate going up, businesses closing, people worried about the next day. The list goes on. This has led to renewed calls for a Universal Basic Income Guarantee. The Human Sciences Research Council together with the Institute for Economic Justice and #PayTheGrants yesterday (Wed) held a webinar where they asked whether we as a country can afford it and what is at stake? For a perspective on this, we are joined on the line by…

 

NATHAN TYLOR: RESEARCH ASSOCIATE AT THE INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMIC JUSTICE.