The European Central Bank’s quantitative easing plan is doomed to be both ineffective and anti-redistributive. It should target the real economy.
UBI-Europe demands that the EU Commission examine possibilities that would truly benefit those who need it most right now. Basic Income would be a real investment in the future.
Send us contributions for the conference: “UBI as a response to social inequality in Europe” to be held in Maribor, Slovenia, 19th-20th March 2015.
Almost 25% of the EU’s population, or 122.6 million people, were at risk of poverty or social exclusion in 2013, the EU’s statistics office Eurostat said on Tuesday (4 November 2014). According to Eurostat, the proportion of persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion in the 28 member states […]