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The coronavirus pandemic may change the amount of attention United States policymakers have paid to the idea of universal basic income, a historian argues. Yang’s Freedom Dividend plan is a form of universal basic income, guaranteeing $1,000 a month to every U.S. citizen over 18 years old, without having to pass a test or meet a work requirement.
Universal Basic Income was thrust into the spotlight in the 2010s over fears that automation will kill millions of jobs. A San Francisco advocacy group raised $15,000 in a crowd-funding campaign to show the viability of universal basic income, though a pilot program in Ontario lasted just 15 months. One of the best long-term examples of a universal basic income comes from Alaska. Universal Basic Income and Mental Health What the history of social psychiatry tells us about preventing mental illness. Posted Nov 04, 2019 COVID-19 could be the tipping point that actually implements it in the 2020s.