What's wrong with a free lunch?
By: Philippe van Parijs ... [et al.] ; foreword by Robert Solow ; edited by Joshua Cohen and Joel Rogers for Boston Review
Contributors: Parijs, Philippe van, 1951-; Cohen, Joshua, 1951-; Rogers, Joel, 1952-
Publisher: Beacon Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Boston, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 137
Subjects: Income distribution; Income maintenance programs; Welfare economics
Other titles: Boston review (Cambridge, Mass. : 1982)
Description: Proposes a Universal Basic Income (UBI) policy, under which all adult members of society would be guaranteed a basic income.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references
Table of contents: title: A basic income for all / Philippe van Parijs; title: What about reciprocity? / William A. Galston; title: UBI and the flat tax / Herbert A. Simon; title: Falling in love again / Wade Rathke; title: Security and laissez-faire / Emma Rothschild; title: Subsidize wages / Edmund S. Phelps; title: UBI and the work ethic / Brian Barry; title: Optional freedoms / Elizabeth Anderson; title: Good for women / Anne L. Alstott; title: Dignity and deprivation / Ronald Dore; title: Why pay Bill Gates? /  Fred Block; title: Something for nothing / Robert E.   Goodin; title: A debate we need / Katherine McFate; title: The big picture / Peter Edelman; title: On liberty / Gar Alerovitz; title: Pathways from here / Claus Offe