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What are the economic justifications for distributing welfare payments via the cashless debit card? [5 marks] (b) Are they consistent with the standard economic argument that payment in kind is inferior in welfare terms to payment in cash? [see Unit 3 lectures, Week 4]? [5 marks] 2. (a) What ethical framework underlies the case for the cashless debit card you described above? [See Unit 5 lectures, Week 5] Explain. [5 marks] (b) Would it matter for this case if people using the cashless debit card were worse off compared to being able to allocate their own expenditure? Why or why not? [5 marks] 3. What arguments are there against the program based on the ethical framework you identified in Question 2? [5 marks] 4. What arguments can be made for and against the program based on an opposing ethical framework? [See Unit 5 lectures, Week 5] [10 marks] 5. (a) Taking into account both the economic and ethical argument, is income management via the cashless debit card justifiable on balance or not? [10 marks] (b) If so, should it be applied to all recipients of government payments (e.g. pensioners, students)? If not, why not? [5 marks]
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