This is a 3-part podcast on universal basic income and its potential to cushion the effects of the COVID-19 crisis. The talk is concrete:

· Does basic income actually hold the promise of greater equity in this reset and what is the broader policy mix we need to be thinking about;

· Why should carbon tax be entertained as a financing option and what are the other sources that could fund to-scale/long-term basic income schemes; and

· How solid is the data we hold on basic income and what signals should policy makers be listening to.

The expert is Ioana Marinescu, Assistant Professor in the School of Social Policy & Practice at the University of Pennsylvania and faculty research fellow at the US National Bureau of Economic Research. Her expertise is in universal basic income, unemployment insurance, and the politics of carbon tax, all of which are key to this debate.

The host is John Crowley, UNESCO's Chief of Research, Policy and Foresight.