Free Money for all - An idea whose time has come?

The utopian dream of an equal society seems to be no nearer than it was a hundred years ago. Is time for us to drastically rethink how governments plan welfare schemes? Are there some examples from our history/ near present that can provide direction?

For a long time, governments have used in-kind welfare schemes to tackle poverty. In-kind schemes provide goods or services — food for schoolchildren, checkups for pregnant mothers, food stamps for families below the poverty line, etc. These in-kind welfare schemes are often complicated and multi-layered, so often only a small fraction of the scheme benefits actually reach beneficiaries.

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