Hein Marais
Hein Marais has researched and written numerous major reports for agencies and organisations, including the World Health Organization, the United Nations Development Programme, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, the Nelson Mandela Foundation, the Commission on AIDS in Asia, Interfund, the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, the Global Coalition on Women and AIDS, and more. He is the author of In the Balance: The Case for a Universal Basic Income in South Africa and Beyond, published by Witwatersrand University Press. The book is available wherever books are sold and as an open access download.
The false economy of means-tested and conditional income support
Battle lines separate the demand for a universal basic income (UBI) from the hold-out view that the support should be rationed and restricted to those who most “deserve” it. Ranged on one side are civil society organizations, trade union...