Basic Income Is Already Transforming Life and Work In a Postindustrial Canadian City

Basic Income Is Already Transforming Life and Work In a Postindustrial Canadian City

  • April 23, 2018
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Basic Income Is Already Transforming Life and Work In a Postindustrial Canadian City

Something is happening in the postindustrial pocket of Hamilton, Ontario, a 45-minute drive from Toronto’s gleaming skyscrapers. In its squat downtown, where payday loan services with names like Money Mart and Cash 4 U compete across the street from each other and a beware of dog sign hangs from a church gate, a potentially transformational future is on trial.

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