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Frances Coppola l The future of work and why we need a basic income l Meaning 2016

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The idea of a ‘basic economic income’ is gathering momentum in a world where automation threatens the livelihood of many workers. Economic commentator Frances Coppola takes a deeper look at the concept, arguing that we must reinvent the very idea of work if we are to allow everyone to fulfil their potential. Former banker Frances ...

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The idea of a ‘basic economic income’ is gathering momentum in a world where automation threatens the livelihood of many workers. Economic commentator Frances Coppola takes a deeper look at the concept, arguing that we must reinvent the very idea of work if we are to allow everyone to fulfil their potential.



Former banker Frances Coppola is a leading thinker on economics and a regular contributor to Forbes and the Financial Times. Disgusted by what she describes as a “shocking waste of human capital” in our society, she has become a passionate advocate for a universal basic income.



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Frances Coppola
I’m Frances Coppola, writer, singer and twitterer extraordinaire. I am politically non-aligned and economically neutral (I do not regard myself as “belonging” to any particular school of economics). I do not give investment advice and I have no investments.Coppola Comment is my main blog. I am also the author of the Singing is Easy blog, where I write about singing, teaching and muscial expression, and Still Life With Paradox, which contains personal reflections on life, faith and morality.

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