Education

This novel idea could tackle inequality, and it starts with giving new-born babies $20,000

A woman pushes a pram along the embankment in the Black Sea resort town of Alushta March 11, 2014. Ukraine's Crimean peninsular evokes in many Russians and citizens of the former Soviet Union memories of summer holidays in the resorts and sanatoriums along its subtropical Black Sea coast. Crimea is also the place from where Christianity spread throughout what was then called Kievan Rus', a federation of Slavic tribes that later became Russia.  REUTERS/Thomas Peter (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY TRAVEL TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - GM1EA3C0B3J01

Torsten Slok, Deutsche Bank's chief international economist, calls Baby Bonds an “intriguing” idea. Image: REUTERS/Thomas Peter

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