February 12, 2021
The Globe and Mail
Canada-wide
Andrew Coyne
Has the basic income idea been debunked? Not so fast
The concept of a basic income – combining several existing income and social supports into a single, income-tested but otherwise unconditional cash benefit – has been debated for more than 200 years. It has drawn support, and criticism, from across the political spectrum, attacked or praised as either utopian socialism or minimal-state libertarianism. But has the whole debate just been settled?