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Subject(s)

• Basic income [Browse]
• Public welfare [Browse]
• Basic needs [Browse]
• Economics—Sociological aspects [Browse]

Author

• Vanderborght, Yannick [Browse]

Summary note

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 (pages 249-372) and index.

Source of description

Print version record.

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.

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ISBN

• 9780674978072 ((electronic bk.))
• 0674978072 ((electronic bk.))
• 9780674978096 ((electronic book))
• 0674978099

LCCN

2016045726

OCLC

979560620

Other standard number

• 99972651293
• 40026924946

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