Basic Income : A Radical Proposal for a Free Society and a Sane Economy / Yannick Vanderborght, Philippe Van Parijs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Van Parijs, Philippe, author.

Vanderborght, Yannick, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Basic income.

Public welfare.

Basic needs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (384 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2017]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Prologue

1. The Instrument of Freedom

2. Basic Income and Its Cousins

3. Prehistory: Public Assistance and Social Insurance

4. History: From Utopian Dream to Worldwide Movement

5. Ethically Justifiable? Free Riding Versus Fair Shares

6. Economically Sustainable? Funding, Experiments, and Transitions

7. Politically Achievable? Civil Society, Parties, and the Back Door

8. Viable in the Global Era? Multi-Level Basic Income

Epilogue

Notes

Bibliography

Acknowledgments

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Sep 2018)

ISBN:

9780674978096

0674978099

9780674978072

0674978072

OCLC:

979560620