Could a universal basic income (UBI) for Barbadians be the next big thing during the upcoming general election? It seems to have excited the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) as it is forming the basis of recent discussions.Moreover, the idea of a UBI caused a key advisor to the current administration to pen a lengthy position on the matter, as he queried why there had been no invitation extended to one of Government’s finance officials to join a panel discussion on the matter which featured opposition voices as well as University of the West Indies Cave Hill Campus Professor Justin Robinson.In his online missive, Professor Avinash Persaud, Special Envoy on Investment and Financial Services to Prime Minister Mottley floated the suggestion that a UBI could come in the creative form he termed a “citizen’s dividend”.
