Once dismissed as a utopian fantasy, the idea of a basic universal income has now hit the mainstream. With new technologies, support from across the political spectrum, and advocates from Hawking to Zuckerberg, it's no surprise people have begun to take the prospect seriously. For tonight's head-to-head we ask "Universal Basic Income: is it time?"

In this combative one-on-one debate, author of Basic Income: And How We Can Make It Happen Guy Standing goes head to head with leading libertarian economist Deirdre Mcloskey.

From the Institute of Art and Ideas collection.