Title In the balance : the case for a universal basic income in South Africa and beyond / Hein Marais

Published Johannesburg : Wits University Press, [2022]

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white) Contents Behind the idea of a universal basic income -- The crisis of waged work -- The attractions of a universal basic income -- Testing the arguments against -- Financing a universal basic income -- The politics and economics of a universal basic income -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index Summary Examines the need and prospects for a UBI As jobs disappear and wages flat-line, paid work is an increasingly fragile and unattainable basis for dignified life. This predicament, deepened by the COVID-19 pandemic, is sparking urgent debates about alternatives such as a universal basic income (UBI). Highly topical and distinctive in its approach, In the Balance: The Case for a Universal Basic Income in South Africa and Beyond is the most rounded and up-to-date examination yet of the need and prospects for a UBI in a global South setting such as South Africa. Hein Marais casts the debate about a UBI in the wider context of the dispossessing pressures of capitalism and the onrushing turmoil of global warming, pandemics and social upheaval. Marais surveys the meaning, history and appeal of a UBI before even-handedly weighing the case for and against such an intervention. The book explores the vexing questions a UBI raises about the relationship of paid work to social rights, about prevailing notions of entitlement and dependency, and the role of the state in contemporary capitalism. Along with cost estimates for different versions of a basic income in South Africa, it discusses financing options and lays out the social, economic and political implications. This incisive new book advances both our theoretical and practical understanding of the prospects for a UBI Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 01, 2022) Subject Basic income -- Economic aspects Income distribution -- Economic aspects Labor market -- Economic aspects Equality -- Economic aspects Basic income -- South Africa Social rights -- South Africa Capitalism. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations Labor market -- Economic aspects Equality -- Economic aspects Basic income Capitalism Social rights South Africa Form Electronic book ISBN 9781776147731 1776147731 9781776147144 1776147146

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