A Basic Income for All? Has its Time Come? Or is it a fad?

Robin Wilson 10/06/2016

Robin Wilson: The recent Swiss referendum on a universal basic income for all has cast back into the spotlight a proposal which has periodically had its advocates, ranging from green progressives to right-wing libertarians. What it hasn’t had is popular support: 77 per cent of Swiss voters rejected it. So why has universal basic income enjoyed a …