Too late to compensate free trade’s losers
It is not an exaggeration to say that the welfare state and the open economy have been flip sides of the same coin during much of the twentieth century.
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Smartphones can deliver vital public services
Given the ability of smartphones to connect users to government services, lawmakers should consider making them more widely available.
Universal & Local
UBS are universally available but locally specific and will require vibrant devolution.
UBS reinforcements
The mutually reinforcing interactions of each UBS on the other UBS.
What are UBS?
Universal Basic Services (UBS) are a collection of 7 services that go as far as possible to enable citizens to live a basic life at the lowest monetary cost.
UBS offer a popular way forward
Universal benefits are popular and resilient.
Dilmot calls for social care as UBS
Andrew Dilnot says adult social care system is ‘most pernicious means-test’ in the British welfare state.
There is a case for universal basic services, not income
Insurance is ineffective if it ignores the context in which individuals find themselves, if there is none of the civic fabric of a thriving economy.
Affordability
UBS delivers the necessity of social cohesion within the available budget and without resorting to unconventional monetary theory.
Universal Basic Services 