create a tolerance

The pandemic has already exposed 

the limits of the market

 and highlighted the importance 

of effective state intervention 

and strong public healthcare provision. 

In the future

 this may well create a tolerance 

for higher and more progressive taxation. 

Governments have had to intervene 

to prop up businesses 

and jobs 

in ways that only months ago

 would have seemed unimaginable. 

The viability of a universal basic income

 — a dream for egalitarians worldwide —

 is once again 

part of the mainstream debate

 in many countries.