Universal basic services

Universal basic services (UBS) is an idea[1] of a form of social security in which all citizens or residents of a community, region, or country receive unconditional access to a range of free, basic, public services, funded by taxes and provided by a government or public institution. The basic services commonly include:[2]

  • education
  • health care
  • social housing
  • essential food
  • buses and trains
  • basic internet
  • legal aid and representation

Further services, where there are low or zero marginal costs for adding further users are:

  • electricity and heating
  • basic water and sanitation
  • retail banking
  • public broadcast media
  1. ^ Coote, Kasliwal & Percy 2019, p. 4.
  2. ^ Moore, Portes et al (2016)

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