Tom Boland, TheJournal.ie

Tom Boland, TheJournal.ie

Switzerland is considering the introduction of a Basic Income scheme, which would guarantee a standard benefit income to every citizen, regardless of need. Tom Boland looks at how that system would work in Ireland. Tom Boland lectures in Sociology at Waterford Institute of Technology, and is co-ordinator of the Waterford Unemployment Experiences Research Collaborative.

Tom Boland, “Column: Should every citizen receive an unconditional basic income?TheJournal.ie, October 30, 2013.