The Ethics and Economics of the Basic Income Guarantee

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Routledge, 15 maj 2017 - 352 sidor
Governments in the US, the UK and other nations around the world routinely consider and, in some cases, experiment with reforms of their income support systems. The basic income guarantee, a universal unconditional income grant, has received increasing attention from scholars as an alternative to the kinds of reforms that have been implemented. This book explores the political, sociological, economic, and philosophical issues of the basic income guarantee. Tracing the history of the idea, from its origins in the late eighteenth century through its political vogue in the 1970s, when the Family Assistance Plan narrowly missed passage in the US Congress, it also examines the philosophical debate over the issue. The book is designed to foster a climate of ideas amongst those specifically interested in the income support policies and more widely for those concerned with public, welfare and labour economics. Its coverage will enable readers to obtain an in depth grounding in the topic, regardless of their position in the debate.
 

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List of Figures
list of contributors
Social Policy and the Old Poor
Early American Views
The Guaranteed Income Movement of the 1960s and 1970s
Looking
Redefining Citizenship in
Basic Income Liberal Neutrality Socialism and Work
Have the 1996 Welfare Reforms and Expansion of the Earned
An Application
The Risks of Cumulating Income
The Political Economy of the Basic Income Grant in South Africa
The Approval of the Basic Income Guarantee in Brazil
The Belgian and Dutch
Basic Income With
Can a Negative Income Tax System for the United Kingdom

Does She Exploit or Doesnt She?
Perhaps There Can Be Too Much Freedom
Income Guarantees and the EquityEfficiency Tradeoff

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Dr Karl Widerquist is from Oxford University, UK. Michael Anthony Lewis is Associate Professor at the School of Social Welfare, Stony Brook University, USA. Steven Pressman is Professor of Economics and Finance at Monmouth University, USA.

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