Title:
Basic income : a radical proposal for a free society and a sane economy / Philippe Van Parijs, Yannick Vanderborght.
Author:
Parijs, Philippe van, 1951- author.
Vanderborght, Yannick, author.
Publication Information:
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2017.
©2017
Call Number:
HB846 .P37 2017
Abstract:
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
ISBN:
9780674052284
Physical Description:
384 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents:
Prologue -- 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 -- Epilogue.
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