This podcast episode looks at levels and causes of global poverty and whether universal basic income schemes offer a way to address it.

Dr Eduardo Ortiz-Juarez, Dr Liz Fouksman and Otto Lehto, who are all part of the Faculty of Social Science and Public Policy at King's College London share research on what lies behind global poverty including the effects of the pandemic and where it is increasing the most.

They also look at the suggestion that every adult should get a guaranteed minimum income, and we hear how fixed and deep-rooted ideas around work could be affecting grassroots support for such schemes and be contributing to poverty around the world.