Basic income : an anthology of contemporary research / edited by Karl Widerquist, Jose A. Noguera, Yannick Vanderborght, and Jurgen De Wispelaere.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Widerquist, Karl.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Basic income.

Negative income tax.

Income.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 580 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex : John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2013.

Summary:

This is the first anthology published on the basic income proposal. Basic income is a policy that would assure an unconditional, individual income for everyone. Basic income attracts increasing attention throughout the world, and this anthology is useful not only for scholars, but also for teachers, students, and the general public. The volume offers an up-to-date overview of the main issues at the core of debate over basic income. The material in this anthology includes the most influential papers on basic income published in the last 60 years, as well as several influential but previously unpublished papers.

Contents:

Part I Freedom 1

Introduction: Freedom and Basic Income / Karl Widerquist Widerquist, Karl 2

1 The Psychological Aspects of the Guaranteed Income / Erich Fromm Fromm, Erich 5

2 The Case for a Negative Income Tax: A View from the Right / Milton Friedman Friedman, Milton 11

3 Why Surfers Should Be Fed: The Crazy-Lazy Challenge / Philippe Van Parijs Parijs, Philippe Van 17

4 Optional Freedoms / Elizabeth Anderson Anderson, Elizabeth 23

5 A Republican Right to Basic Income / Philip Pettit Pettit, Philip 26

6 Why We Demand a Basic Income / Karl Widerquist Widerquist, Karl 32

Part II Justice 39

Introduction: Theories of Justice and Basic Income / Karl Widerquist Widerquist, Karl 40

7 Left-libertarianism and a Global Rent Payment / Nicolaus Tideman Tideman, Nicolaus, Peter Vallentyne Vallentyne, Peter 43

8 Guaranteed Income as a Replacement for the Welfare State / Charles Murray Murray, Charles 49

9 A Capitalist Road to Communism / Robert van der Veen Veen, Robert van der, Philippe Van Parijs Parijs, Philippe Van 52

10 Why Marxists and Socialists Should Favor Basic Income / Michael Howard Howard, Michael 55

11 Basic Income and the Common Good / Bill Jordan Jordan, Bill 62

12 Associations and Basic Income / Bill Jordan Jordan, Bill 72

Part III Reciprocity and Exploitation 79

Introduction: Reciprocity and Exploitation / Karl Widerquist Widerquist, Karl 80

13 Brief Comments on Leisure Time / John Rawls Rawls, John 85

14 Liberal Equality, Exploitation, and the Case for an Unconditional Basic Income / Stuart White White, Stuart 87

15 Clamshell Rents? How Resource Equality Causes Exploitation / Gijs Van Donselaar Donselaar, Gijs Van 93

16 Basic Income and the Work Ethic / Brian Barry Barry, Brian 101

17 Fairness to Idleness: Is There a Right Not to Work? / Andrew Levine Levine, Andrew 105

18 Basic Income, Self-respect, and Reciprocity / Catriona McKinnon McKinnon, Catriona 114

19 Reciprocity and the Guaranteed Income / Karl Widerquist Widerquist, Karl 123

20 The Morality of the Universal Grant Versus the Ethics of Paid Work / Robert van der Veen Veen, Robert van der 134

Part IV Feminism 141

Introduction: The Feminist Response to Basic Income / Yannick Vanderborght Vanderborght, Yannick, Karl Widerquist Widerquist, Karl 142

21 Is One Man's Ceiling Another Woman's Floor? / Ann Withorn Withorn, Ann 145

22 Why Basic Income does not Promote Gender Equality / Ann S. Orloff Orloff, Ann S. 149

23 A Gender Analysis of Basic Income / Ingrid Robeyns Robeyns, Ingrid 153

24 A Basic Income for Feminists? Tony Fitzpatrick Fitzpatrick, Tony 163

25 Free-riding and the Household / Carole Pateman Pateman, Carole 173

26 Promoting Gender Equity Through a Basic Income / Ailsa McKay McKay, Ailsa 178

27 Good for Women / Anne Alstott Alstott, Anne 186

Part V Economics 189

Introduction: The Economics of Basic Income / Karl Widerquist Widerquist, Karl, José A. Noguera Noguera, José A., Yannick Vanderborght Vanderborght, Yannick 190

28 The Case for an Income Guarantee / James Tobin Tobin, James 195

29 What Can We Learn from the Agathotopians? / James Meade Meade, James 200

30 Basic Income and Efficiency / Philippe Van Parijs Parijs, Philippe Van 205

31 Basic Income as a Basis for Small Business / Bart Nooteboom Nooteboom, Bart 210

32 What (If Anything) Can We Learn from the Negative Income Tax Experiments? / Karl Widerquist Widerquist, Karl 216

33minists? Efficiency and Participation: The Basic Income Approach / Bill Jordan Jordan, Bill 230

34 Subsidize Wages / Edmund Phelps Phelps, Edmund 235

35 Universal Basic Income and the Flat Tax / Herbert A. Simon Simon, Herbert A. 240

36 Democracy and General Welfare / James M. Buchanan Buchanan, James M. 242

37 Basic Income and Social Power / Koen Raes Raes, Koen 246

38 Cost Estimates for a Basic Income in the United States / Charles M.A. Clark Clark, Charles M.A. 255

Part VI Post-productivism 259

Introduction: Basic Income as a Post-productivist Policy / José A. Noguera Noguera, José A., Karl Widerquist Widerquist, Karl 260

39 Ecologism and Basic Income / Tony Fitzpatrick Fitzpatrick, Tony 263

40 A Green Case for Basic Income? / Philippe Van Parijs Parijs, Philippe Van 269

41 A Non-productivist Design for Social Policies / Claus Offe Offe, Claus 275

42 A Post-productivist Welfare Regime / Robert E. Goodin Goodin, Robert E. 283

43 Demoralizing the Labor Market: Could Jobs be Like Cars and Concerts? / Bert Hamminga Hamminga, Bert 289

44 Beyond the Wage-based Society / André Gorz Gorz, André 297

45 The Relevance of Basic Income for Post-industrial Economies / Fred Block Block, Fred 307

Part VII Implementation 311

Introduction: The Implementation of Basic Income / Karl Widerquist Widerquist, Karl, José A. Noguera Noguera, José A., Yannick Vanderborght Vanderborght, Yannick, Jurgen De Wispelaere Wispelaere, Jurgen De 312

46 The Shadow of Speenhamland / Fred Block Block, Fred, Margaret Somers Somers, Margaret 315

47 The Stability of Basic Income / Jos de Beus Beus, Jos de 331

48 Basic Income and the Welfare State / Samuel Brittan Brittan, Samuel 339

49 Basic Income and Contributory Pensions / José A. Noguera Noguera, José A. 346

50 Basic Income as a Minimally Presumptuous Social Welfare Policy / Robert E. Goodin Goodin, Robert E. 351

51 The Basic Income Guarantee as an Exit Option / Joel Handler Handler, Joel, Amanda Sheely Babcock Babcock, Amanda Sheely 357

52 Practical Bottlenecks in the Implementation of a Universal Basic Income / Jurgen De Wispelaere Wispelaere, Jurgen De, Lindsay Stirton Stirton, Lindsay 360

Part VIII Institutions

Introduction: Institutional Versions and Cognates of Basic Income / José A. Noguera Noguera, José A. 370

53 A Global Resources Dividend / Thomas W. Pogge Pogge, Thomas W. 375

54 From Euro-Stipendium to Euro-Dividend / Philippe Van Parijs Parijs, Philippe Van, Yannick Vanderborght Vanderborght, Yannick 392

55 Negative Income Tax: The Original Idea / Milton Friedman Friedman, Milton 398

56 The Case for a Progressive Negative Income Taxguera Fred Block Block, Fred, Jeff Manza Manza, Jeff 402

57 Stakeholding versus Basic Income / Bruce Ackerman Ackerman, Bruce, Anne Alstott Alstott, Anne 417

58 Reciprocity-sensitive Forms of Basic Income / Stuart White White, Stuart 429

59 Participation Income / Anthony B. Atkinson Atkinson, Anthony B. 435

60 The Trilemma of Participation Income / Jurgen De Wispelaere Wispelaere, Jurgen De, Lindsay Stirton Stirton, Lindsay 439

61 Sabbatical Grants / Claus Offe Offe, Claus, Johan de Deken Deken, Johan de 447

62 A Uniform Refundable Tax Credit / Lily L. Batchelder Batchelder, Lily L., Fred T. Goldberg Goldberg, Fred T., Peter R. Orszag Orszag, Peter R. 453

63 A Household Basic Income / Luis Sanzo Sanzo, Luis, Rafael Pinilla Pinilla, Rafael 461

64 A Coming-of-Age Grant versus a Community Capital Grant / Guy Standing Standing, Guy 464

Part IX Politics 471guera Introduction: Politics / Yannick Vanderborght Vanderborght, Yannick, José A. Noguera Noguera, José A., Karl Widerquist Widerquist, Karl 472

65 Political Strategies for Basic Income / David Purdy Purdy, David 477

66 The Lack of Political Support for an Income by Right / Bill Cavala Cavala, Bill, Aaron Wildavsky Wildavsky, Aaron 485

67 The Ambiguities of Basic Income from a Trade Union Perspective / Yannick Vanderborght Vanderborght, Yannick 497

68 Basic Income and Social Europe / Fritz Scharpf Scharpf, Fritz 509

69 Is Basic Income Politically Feasible in a Social Europe? / Philippe Van Parijs Parijs, Philippe Van 516

70 Basic Income in the South / Philippe Van Parijs Parijs, Philippe Van 523

71 How Cash Transfers Promote the Case for Basic Income / Guy Standing Standing, Guy 527

72 Basic Income and the New Class Struggle / Philippe Van Parijs Parijs, Philippe Vanguera 548

73 A "Package Solution" for Basic Income / Claus Offe Offe, Claus, Ulrich Mückenberger Mückenberger, Ulrich, Ilona Ostner Ostner, Ilona 555

74 Pathways from Here / Claus Offe Offe, Claus 560.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Basic income.

ISBN:

9781405158107

1405158107

OCLC:

841212321