Welfare

Sciences & Technology
The flawed algorithm at the heart of Robodebt
Robodebt teaches us that even simple automated decision-making systems come with the biases of the people, systems and policies that conceive them

Business & Economics
Time for a Universal Basic Income?
The socio-economic crisis brought about by COVID-19 reveals cracks in existing social welfare systems and the need for radical transformation

Health & Medicine
Caring for India’s elderly during COVID-19
India’s recently extended lockdown for COVID-19 is particularly difficult for the country’s elderly, but there are steps than can be taken to ease the burden

Politics & Society
Securing India’s food supply during COVID-19
India’s old system of subsidised crop prices for farmers and the needy is proving its worth at a time of economic crisis

Politics & Society
The promise of a Minimum Income Guarantee in the Indian elections
As Indians prepare to vote in the general election, a campaign promise could bring wage equality to the tens of millions of India’s poorest people

Business & Economics
Henderson’s legacy: Revisiting universal basic income
Former Deputy Prime Minister Brian Howe revisits Professor Ronald Henderson’s seminal work on poverty, and explains why the case for a basic income is relevant today now more than ever