Basic income guarantee series
Subtitle: the right to economic security
By: by Allan Sheahen
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781137005700
Subjects: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Money & Monetary Policy; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Taxation / General; Guaranteed annual income; Public welfare; Economic security; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Public Finance
Description: "1. Basic Income Guarantee: The Right to Economic Security by Allan Sheahen argues that there is a moral obligation to provide everyone with a decent level of living. Your right to be--your right to simple existence--is not something for others to grant or withhold as an economic carrot, or to give as a gift. It is a universal right. Some call it "Social Security for everyone." In plain, simple English, Sheahen answers the toughest questions about an issue which would revolutionize the American way of life. We can end poverty, close the wealth gap, and provide economic security to everyone by giving all Americans a modest, yet unconditional income"--