Most people’s lives are defined by the exchange of labour for a wage. But what if the state gave us all a regular wage, with zero strings attached, to spend as we wish? That’s the core idea behind universal basic income, or UBI.
With England’s first UBI pilot programme now underway, Aaron talks to Will Stronge, director of research at the Autonomy think tank, about what UBI could achieve and how it might help us rethink the stories we tell ourselves about work.
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