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An inside look at the UK Opportunity Fund, featuring Anthony Painter

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An inside look at the UK Opportunity Fund, featuring Anthony Painter
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Basic income made headlines last week with a proposal by the Royal Society of Arts (RSA) to create a United Kingdom Opportunity Fund, which would pay unconditional cash to all British residents under 55. Anthony Painter, Director of the RSA Action and Research Center, joined Jim and Owen to discuss the proposal and the state of politics around basic income in the UK.

Malcolm Torry on Christianity and basic income

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Malcolm Torry on Christianity and basic income
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We often hear about the economic and social motivations for universal basic income — but what about the moral and spiritual ones? Owen and Jim spoke to Dr. Malcolm Torry, author of Citizens Basic Income: A Christian Social Policy, about how providing a universal basic income is in line with the Christian faith.