Give a Buck is Mashable's deep dive into Universal Basic Income — an idea gaining currency in a time of pandemic and mass unemployment. Now more than ever, our future depends on whether we can pay the bills.
What does the pope have in common with former presidential candidate Andrew Yang, extreme free-market economist Milton Friedman, and Martin Luther King Jr.? Trust us, it's not the punchline to a hackneyed Dad Joke.
Ding ding ding: At some point, they've all advocated for policies approximating a universal basic income.
But what exactly does that mean? The concept of a universal basic income, regular and unconditional cash payments to those residing in a particular territory, isn't new. In recent months though, with intense economic upheaval spurred worldwide by the coronavirus pandemic, calls for a universal basic income (UBI) have grown even more urgent. Read more...
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