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Universal Basic Income with Professor Guy Standing - what is the moral justification for giving everyone free money?

Universal Basic Income with Professor Guy Standing - what is the moral justification for giving everyone free money?

FromThe Morality of Everyday Things: An Everyday Philosophy Podcast


Universal Basic Income with Professor Guy Standing - what is the moral justification for giving everyone free money?

FromThe Morality of Everyday Things: An Everyday Philosophy Podcast

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Length:
49 minutes
Released:
Jul 19, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

After having previously said over and over that we'll "do UBI properly at some point", the time has come, and what better way to approach this question than including the man who quite literally wrote the book on it, Guy Standing. A professor in Economics at SOAS, who spent many years at the Internatinoal Labour Organization and founded the Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN), this episode is really more about Guy than us - with us questioning him on what drives the moral imperative for everyone receiving basic income.
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Released:
Jul 19, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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