'Whatever it takes' should now include a universal basic income
- Written by Jeremy Baskin, Fellow, Melbourne School of Government and Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne
G20 leaders have pledged to do “whatever it takes” to minimise the impacts of COVID-19.
Most of these nations are lumbered with welfare safety nets unfit for purpose. They are designed for last century, with a binary way of thinking about employment that’s no longer the experience of casual, contract and gig workers.
The...
