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Does a basic guaranteed income decrease the need for social services?
Author: PBS NewsHour
Narrator: PBS NewsHour
Unabridged: 9 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: NewsHour Productions
Published: 05/03/2018
Categories: Nonfiction, Language Arts, Political Science, Public Policy
Synopsis
The idea of a basic guaranteed income is getting a trial run in a Canadian province for three years. Four thousand randomly selected Ontario residents will get thousands of dollars a year, and in exchange, they give up some social supports, while the government gets back some money. Economics correspondent Paul Solman talks with some participants, as well as some skeptics.