Financing basic income : addressing the cost objection / Richard Pereira, editor.

Introduction : financing approaches to basic income / Richard Pereira -- part 1. Foundations for a basic income guarantee. The cost of universal basic income : public savings and programme redundancy exceed cost / Richard Pereira -- part 2. Cost feasibility of basic income in Europe. Financing basic income in Switzerland, and an overview of the 2016 referendum debates / Albert Jörimann -- part 3. Building up BIG. Total economic rents of Australia as a source for basic income / Gary Flomenhoft -- Conclusion / Richard Pereira -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2.

This Palgrave Pivot argues that basic income at a decent level is, in fact, affordable. The contributors approach the topic from the perspectives of three different countries--Canada, Switzerland, and Australia--to overcome objections that a universal program to keep all citizens above the poverty line would be too expensive to implement. They assess the complex array of revenue sources that can make universal basic income feasible, from the underestimated value of public program redundancies to new and so far unaccounted publicly owned assets.

Includes bibliographies and index.

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