Universal Basic Income is a Correct Response to COVID-19

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Smart people are calling for universal basic income (UBI) in response to economic disruptions wrought by COVID-19.

UBI will serve as an economic floor to help a huge swath of society pay bills, buy groceries, and most importantly as a necessary cash infusion so families and individuals can afford to shelter in place in order to “flatten the curve” of infections coming from the now, endemic sars-cov-2.

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Calls for UBI in response to COVID-19:

Below is a list of calls for UBI from prominent scholars, politicians, news outlets including opinion, and more.

This article is being updated with new UBI endorsements as they’re made.

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UBI for COVID-19 in the news:

• Wall Street Journal | Opinion: The Case for a Big Coronavirus Stimulus by Jason Furman
• New York Times | Opinion: We Need Real Economic Stimulus by Steven Rattner
• Rep. Tulsi Gabbard Introduces Resolution Calling for Emergency Universal Basic Payment as Direct Coronavirus Pandemic Relief; House Resolution 897 (H.Res.897)
• Fast Company: To stop a coronavirus quarantine recession, economists say send everyone cash—now by Talib Visram
• CNBC: Andrew Yang, AOC, Harvard professor: Free cash payments would help during coronavirus pandemic by Catherine Clifford