Basic income : a radical proposal for a free society and a sane economy / Philippe Van Parijs and Yannick Vanderborght.

Author
Parijs, Philippe van, 1951- [Browse]
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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2017.
  • ©2017
Description
384 pages ; 25 cm

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      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.-- Provided by publisher.
      Bibliographic references
      Includes bibliographical references and index.
      Contents
      • The instrument of freedom
      • Basic income and its cousins
      • Prehistory: public assistance and social insurance
      • History: from utopian dream to worldwide movement
      • Ethically justifiable? free riding versus fair shares
      • Economically sustainable? funding, experiments and transitions
      • Politically achievable? civil society, parties and the back door
      • Viable in the global era? multi-level basic income.
      ISBN
      • 9780674052284 (hardcover : alkaline paper)
      • 0674052285 (hardcover : alkaline paper)
      LCCN
      2016045726
      OCLC
      959875599
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