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The year in policy interviews: The best of Spotlight in 2020 Over the course of the year, the New Statesman's award-winning   This year, as the Covid-19 pandemic engulfed the world, governments, business and civil society contemplated the impossible, tearing up decades of policy consensus in the process. 2020 was a year in which we learned what can be done in times of crisis, and the true scale of the challenges posed by inequality and discrimination were revealed.  Throughout the year, before and after the pandemic changed everything, the  New Statesman's Spotlight supplement s...

But it’s also basic, meaning it’s just enough to keep you above the poverty line. Of course, if everyone gets this income, then no one should be below the poverty line. But does that mean no one will ever be poor ever again? That’s the promise. I wonder if it’ll be empty like literally every other govt promise before it. Basic economics would say that UBI will cause prices of all goods to rise, and the poverty line will go up – probably faster than the amount of the paychecks. It will cause a big increase in inflation. It won’t solve poverty. In all likelihood, it’ll cause MORE ...

Crypto Champions Take 2020 By Storm: The Complete List By IBT Contributor Crypto Champions Take 2020 By Storm: The Complete List Photo: Pexels If Bitcoin surpassing its all-time high while in the teeth of a global pandemic hadn’t made it clear, 2020 has been a banner year for cryptocurrency. Factor in PayPal’s entry to the industry, Nasdaq-listed MicroStrategy’s $425 million bitcoin purchase, the explosive growth of decentralized finance (defi), and an assortment of valuable new protocols and products, and it’s clear crypto’s in rude health. Each of the following enti...

Ideas for a new New York kmls/Shutterstock The coronavirus revealed the cracks in New York's foundation. Here are the big ideas that could remake New York – and make sure this never happens again. Experts, advocates and lawmakers on the ambitious policies that could remake New York after the pandemic. SHARE: “Never let a crisis go to waste.” The maxim – of uncertain origin – is often proclaimed when discussing what the world will look like after the coronavirus pandemic. But this “new normal” we’ve been hearing so much about: Is that just a world without handshakes, or will...

Carbon tax is coming to kill the middle class The tax is partly about the redistribution of wealth away from the middle class. The claims of it only hitting the wealthy are absurd. There aren’t enough wealthy people to shoulder the tax burden. And the ones they do try to tax will take their wealth out of the tax collecter’s reach. The burden will fall on small businesses. Even if taxing the wealthy alone was realistic, it would only be passed down to the middle class, trickling down to the poor. The carbon tax is about much more than the climate. Listen to the one commenter towards the ...