![]() Some of this language is new but Covid-19 has also revived older words.Ĭhancellor Rishi Sunak referred to ‘furlough’ when he announced the Coronavirus Job Retention scheme at the outset of the pandemic. Covid-secure, social distancing, the R rate. The coronavirus crisis has ushered in its own language. Rajiv explores Bellamy's attachment to income as a part of wellbeing and links this with his own work, understanding the role universal basic income could play in helping people cope with the economic fall-out from the crisis. Dr Rajiv Prabhakar is a Senior Lecturer in Personal Finance at the OU. In this blog, written for The Open University's History of Books and Reading (HOBAR) Series, hosted by the Institute of English Studies, he talks about his recent reading of the novel Looking Backward 2000-1887 by Edward Bellamy. ![]()
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