Veronique de Rugy Asks: Is it Time for a Guaranteed Income?

Switzerland will soon hold a nationwide
referendum on granting a guaranteed and unconditional minimum
monthly income of $2,800 for each Swiss adult. In America, where
Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty just celebrated its 50th
anniversary of failing to achieve victory, liberals jumped on the
Swiss news to reconsider the un-American-sounding idea of a
universal basic income. Veronique de Rugy notes that surprisingly
to some, they were joined by many libertarians. The list of
intellectuals who have made cases for a guaranteed minimum income
over the years includes
such laissez-faire luminaries as Milton
Friedman, Friedrich Hayek, and Charles Murray.

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