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Basic income : a radical proposal for a free society and a sane economy / Philippe Van Parijs, Yannick Vanderborght.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, (c)2017.Description: 1 online resource (384 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780674978072
  • 9780674978096
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • HB846 .B375 2017
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Contents:
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.
Subject: 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.--
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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.--

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.

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