Really. Just give people money. It generates more benefit than it costs. Look how well billionaires did when unemployment benefits were buffed up. Now imagine if they were taxed reasonably to capture some of that toward covering the cost. People still looked for work, but they could afford to hold out for better jobs.
Of course, we're in an inflation scenario right now, but part of the reason for that appears to be that central banks are so terrified of deflation that they're way more comfortable erring in the other direction.
> People still looked for work, but they could afford to hold out for better jobs.
A.k.a. weren’t really looking for work. It’s like uncle Eddie holding out for a management position for years of being unemployed.