Battling Eight Giants : Basic Income Now.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Standing, Guy, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Basic income.

Income distribution.

Poverty.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (153 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020

Place of Publication:

London [England] : I.B. Tauris & Company, Limited, 2020.

Summary:

"Today in one the richest countries in the world, 60% of households in poverty have people in jobs, inequality is the highest it has been for 100 years, climate change threatens our extinction and automation means millions are forced into a life of precarity. The solution? Basic Income. Here, Guy Standing, the leading expert on the concept, explains how to solve the new eight evils of modern life, and all for almost zero net cost. There is a better future, one that makes certain all citizens can share in the wealth of the modern economy. Far from being a new idea, Standing shows how the roots of basic income go back to the Charter of the Forest, one of two foundational documents of the state ? the other, sealed on the same day, being the Magna Carta. All citizens have a right to the wealth created by capitalism, and all ? left or right, rich or poor ? can benefit from a dynamic and ecologically grounded economy created by the guarantee of subsistence to all."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1: Slaying giants with basic income

Defining basic income

Why is basic income needed?

Slaying the eight modern giants

Chapter 2: The immorality of Universal Credit

Reviving and enhancing disability benefits

Chapter 3: Why basic income beats the alternatives

Answering the objections

Chapter 4: Piloting basic income in Britain

What should be piloted?

How should basic income pilots be designed?

Where should pilots be conducted?

Chapter 5: Taking the first steps

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

ISBN:

9780755600663

0755600665

9780755600649

0755600649