Basic Income : : A Radical Proposal for a Free Society and a Sane Economy / / Philippe Van Parijs.
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 pre...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2017] ©2017 |
Year of Publication: | 2017 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (400 p.) :; 8 graphs, 1 table |
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Other title: | 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 |
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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. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780674978072 9783110543315 |
DOI: | 10.4159/9780674978072 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Philippe Van Parijs. |