The article ‘Basically unaffordable’ is about the different ways of introducing basic income by replacing welfare payments.
The idea to ensure a more equal living standard to people is not only a contemporary idea.
It goes back to Thomas Paine, who wrote about the problem of “invidious distinction” in society in the 18th century.
Nowadays, different countries, and different political parties have various suggestions to combat, if they wish so, social inequality.
One example is the Swiss government, which organize a vote on proposal of basic income, this way letting citizens to decide on it.
Secondly, it is written that the Greece financial minister supports the idea, and Britain’s Green party even adopted