Basic income : a radical proposal for a free society and a sane economy /
Parijs, Philippe van, 1951-
Basic income : a radical proposal for a free society and a sane economy / Philippe Van Parijs, Yannick Vanderborght. - Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, (c)2017. - 1 online resource (384 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographies and index.
The instrument of freedom -- Basic income and its cousins -- Prehistory: public assistance and social insurance -- History: from utopian dream to worldwide movement -- Ethically justifiable? Free riding versus fair shares -- Economically sustainable? Funding, experiments and transitions -- Politically achievable? Civil society, parties and the back door -- Viable in the global era? Multi-level basic income.
Providing a basic income to everyone, rich or poor, active or inactive, was advocated by Paine, Mill, and Galbraith but the idea was never taken seriously. Today, with the welfare state creaking, it is one of the world's most widely debated proposals. Philippe Van Parijs and Yannick Vanderborght present a comprehensive defense of this radical idea.--
9780674978072 9780674978096
2016045726
Basic income.
Public welfare.
Basic needs.
Economics--Sociological aspects.
Electronic Books.
HB846 / .B375 2017
Basic income : a radical proposal for a free society and a sane economy / Philippe Van Parijs, Yannick Vanderborght. - Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, (c)2017. - 1 online resource (384 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographies and index.
The instrument of freedom -- Basic income and its cousins -- Prehistory: public assistance and social insurance -- History: from utopian dream to worldwide movement -- Ethically justifiable? Free riding versus fair shares -- Economically sustainable? Funding, experiments and transitions -- Politically achievable? Civil society, parties and the back door -- Viable in the global era? Multi-level basic income.
Providing a basic income to everyone, rich or poor, active or inactive, was advocated by Paine, Mill, and Galbraith but the idea was never taken seriously. Today, with the welfare state creaking, it is one of the world's most widely debated proposals. Philippe Van Parijs and Yannick Vanderborght present a comprehensive defense of this radical idea.--
9780674978072 9780674978096
2016045726
Basic income.
Public welfare.
Basic needs.
Economics--Sociological aspects.
Electronic Books.
HB846 / .B375 2017