Basic Income: Does it Take Us Closer to a Just Society?

The impact of the pandemic and the high levels of economic dislocation it has brought with it, has considerably sharpened the ongoing debate on whether basic income offers a way of reducing poverty and ensuring a decent and secure income is available to everyone in society. Many see this policy approach as a progressive measure that can move us towards those important goals, while others suggest that it would fail to deliver such improvements while furthering the agenda of austerity and privatization. Both of these perspectives will be presented and discussed on this panel.

Opening Remarks: Viviana Patroni (Associate Professor & Graduate Program Director, Social Science, York University) & David Mutimer (Associate Dean, Faculty Affairs, York University)

Moderator: A.J. Withers (Anti-Poverty Organizer)