Basic Income - On Data and Policy

“Key takeaways: Basic income cannot be seen as a silver bullet and isolated from the rest of the policy space. It is to be treated as part of a system-wide response to converging crises. Calibration is key to basic income. Any desired goal, from equality to green transition, requires fitted design of the schemes and their financing. Much of what is known about basic income comes from policy trials. Paths to scale-up, from technical to political, demand attention.”