UBI and Capitalism: Friend or Foe?

Posted on April 27, 2021

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Simon Mair has presented the topic during our UBI Lab Leeds meeting on 23 March. If you have missed the session, you can watch the presentation and discussion here.

Simon is an ecological economist and senior lecturer in circular economy at the University of Bradford. His research focuses on building narratives about what a desirable and sustainable society might look like and how to get there. You may want to read his blog ‘A Pragmatic Utopian – UBI: Has the time come?’ and his article in Lancet Planetary Health ‘Marxist ecofeminist analysis of the link between planetary health and neoliberal economics