Basic income worldwide [electronic resource] : horizons of reform /
Murray, Matthew.editor.
Pateman, Carole.editor.
In the midst of growing criticism of current economic orthodoxies and welfare systems, basic income is growing in popularity. This is the first book to discuss existing at examples of basic income, in both rich and poor countries, and to consider its prospects in other places around the world.
pt. 1. Experiments -- pt. 2. Proposals.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The United States-the basic income guarantee: past experience, current proposals / Karl Widerquist and Allen Sheahen -- Namibia-seeing the sun rise: the realities and the hopes of the Basic Income Grant Pilot Project / Claudia Haarmann and Dirk Haarmann -- Brazil-basic income: a new model of innovation diffusion / Denilson Bandeira Coêlho -- Canada: the case for basic income / Evelyn L. Forget -- East Timor and Catalonia-basic income: proposals for north and south / David Casassas, David Raventós, and Julie Wark -- South Africa: the continuing politics of basic income / Jeremy Seekings and Heidi Matisonn -- Ireland: the prospects for basic income reform / Seán Healy and Brigid Reynolds -- Germany: basic income in the German debate / Sascha Liebermann -- New Zealand: prospects for basic income reform / Keith Rankin -- Australia-basic income: a distant horizon / John Tomlinson.
In the midst of growing criticism of current economic orthodoxies and welfare systems, basic income is growing in popularity. This is the first book to discuss existing at examples of basic income, in both rich and poor countries, and to consider its prospects in other places around the world.
Economic policy.
Political economy.
Development economics.
Economic development.
Labor economics.
Economic Policy.
International Political Economy.
Development Economics.
Development Studies.
Labor Economics.