A universal income is not such a silly ideaThe concept of paying people to sit around has an upside, writes Tim Harford ‘Swiss to vote on 2,500 franc basic income for every adult.” Reuters, 4 October 2013 How much is that? It’s about £1,700 a month – over £20,000 a year. Payable to whom? Everybody, or at least, every adult citizen. It’s called a “basic income” and everyone gets it, no strings attached. You have to be joking. We’ll have to
