Basic income
Subtitle: a radical proposal for a free society and a sane economy
By: Philippe Van Parijs, Yannick Vanderborght
Contributors: Vanderborght, Yannick, author
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780674052284
Subjects: Sociological aspects; Basic needs; Economics; Guaranteed annual income; Public welfare
Description: 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.--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-372) and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue; title: The instrument of freedom; title: Basic income and its cousins; title: Prehistory : public assistance and social insurance; title: History : from Utopian dream to worldwide movement; title: Ethically justifiable? : free riding versus fair shares; title: Economically sustainable? : funding, experiments, and transitions; title: Politically achievable? : civil society, parties, and the back door; title: Viable in the global era? : multi-level basic income; title: Epilogue.