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Cash in hand: Could basic income protect livelihoods in coronavirus crisis?

London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Once a radical idea on the fringes of mainstream economics, handing out cash to citizens has been mooted in the United States and Britain as a way to protect vulnerable peoples’ livelihoods as the coronavirus crisis accelerates. Universal Basic Income involves giving citizens cash payments each month to spend however they […]