A basic income for artists has just been introduced in Ireland.
It follows a three-year trial, where 2,000 randomly-selected artists received an unconditional payment of 325 pounds a week.
Could a scheme like this work in New Zealand?
Jenny Dagg is a sociologist and researcher at Maynooth University in Ireland and wrote the cost-benefit analysis for the scheme.
She joins Emile Donovan from Ireland.
Sculpture of writer Oscar Wilde in Merrion Square. in Dublin, Ireland. Photo: 123RF
