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Introducing the Policy Nerd podcast channel – our expert podcast series on the post-COVID reset. The series introduces listeners to leading thinkers as they debate concrete policy options for such a recovery and take stock of the data that could (and should) inform these policy shifts.

 

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Data as markets – it is time to talk (re)distribution

While the digital economy thrived during the COVID-19 pandemic, it raised deep concerns about the increasing concentration in its key markets, the gaps in privacy regulations and its broader distributional repercussions. This piece by Pantelis Koutroumpis discusses the digital resilience and challenges that come with this.

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Participatory data collection: from crisis response to inclusive citizenship

In times of crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic, the lack of localized and nuanced data on disability presents a real threat for vulnerable groups. This article talks about the value of fit-to-purpose and participatory data for the design of policies that support the needs of people with disabilities. 

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What we know and don't about basic income

This piece by John Crowley and Iulia Sevciuc is on why we need to put knowledge first in the trending but polarized debate on Universal Basic Income. It talks about the data we actually hold, how it flows (or doesn't), and how it is to be treated in policy. 

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How the marginalized fight their way through the pandemic: the Philippine case

Based on on-ground data, this piece by Eduardo C. Tadem is about grassroot and organically-emerging efforts to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic at community level. This is a granular view of the realities in five vulnerable communities in the Philippines. 

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Move the debate from Universal Basic Income to Universal Basic Services

Many arguments have been made for Universal Basic Income (UBI) in the debate of revovery from the pandemic. This think piece by Ian Gough makes the alternative case for Universal Basic Services (UBS) as more egalitarian and sustainable than UBI. Importantly, it argues, UBS is also politically more incremental and reformist than the case for a true UBI.

Greening the Basic Income

Greening the basic income

While in the midst of multiple crises – health, climate, and economic – policy makers are increasingly looking for ideas to mitigate emissions and redistribute resources with ideas such universal basic income fast gaining traction. But the question remains: “how do you pay for it?”. Here, Mark Paul discusses a policy that could do both – finance a universal basic income and substantially curtail carbon emissions: a carbon price-and-dividend.

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