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1 online resource (x, 230 pages) : illustrations |
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1. A provocative but possible proposal -- 1.1 The definition -- 1.2 What Basic Income is not -- 1.3 Is there a Basic Income anywhere in the world? -- 1.4 Historical precedents -- 1.5 The last 20 years -- 1.6 Basic Income in the twenty-first century -- 1.7 Strengths, questions, doubts -- 2. Normative liberal justifications -- 2.1 The libertarian justification: property first -- 2.2 The 'possible' justification of justice as fairness: self-respect to the fore -- 2.3 The real freedom justification: a real-libertarian society -- 2.4 Liberal theories and republican theories -- 3. The normative republican justification -- 3.1 Aristotle: material existence as a condition of freedom -- 3.2 Property in Cicero -- 3.3 The right of existence: Robespierre -- 3.4 Republican freedom -- 3.5 Republican virtue and neutrality -- 3.6 The republican justification of Basic Income |
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4. Remunerated work, domestic work and voluntary work -- 4.1 Three kinds of work -- 4.2 Basic Income and the job market -- 4.3 Basic Income and domestic work -- 4.4 Basic Income and voluntary work -- 5. Poverty -- 5.1 A typology of poverty -- 5.2 Measuring poverty -- 5.3 The poor cannot be free -- 6. The welfare state and Basic Income -- 6.1 What is the welfare state? -- 6.2 The crisis -- 6.3 Justifications of the welfare state and some criticisms -- 6.4 Minimum income support -- 6.5 Basic Income in contrast with means-tested subsidies -- 7. Basic Income in comparison with other proposals -- 7.1 Traditional measures against poverty and unemployment: a more flexible labour market and reduction of working hours -- 7.2 Not-so-traditional measures against poverty and unemployment -- 7.3 Proposals that are more or less akin to Basic Income -- 8. Financing -- 8.1 Aims and scope of the model -- 8.2 Data and sample -- 8.3 The micro-simulation model -- 8.4 An ambitious example -- 8.5 Two more modest examples -- 9. Basic Income and its critics -- 9.1. Ethical criticisms -- 9.2 Technical criticisms |
| Summary |
Basic Income is a policy idea that could help us revolutionise the way we organise society. This book is the first proper guide to basic income -- what it is, how we can organise it, and how it can benefit the majority in different spheres of their lives. Basic Income is simply the idea that everyone in a given society has a right to a minimal income. This is paid by the state out of taxation. Set at a subsistence level, it would take the place of unemployment and other benefits. This would bring profound social changes. Anyone could opt out of employment at any time. Those with few skills would no longer be forced to take up jobs with poor prospects, and employers offering McJobs would be forced to offer better terms. And money wasted by the state in means testing and tracing benefit fraud is saved The campaign in favour of basic income is growing and governments are beginning to take notice. This is a clear, concise guide to the principles and practicalities of this revolutionary idea |
| Notes |
Translation of: El derecho a la existencia : la propuesta del subsidio universal garantizado |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-223) and index |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Basic income.
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Income distribution.
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Income maintenance programs.
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Welfare state.
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Business & Economics -- Economics -- Theory.
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Basic income
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Income distribution
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Income maintenance programs
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Welfare state
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Garantiertes Mindesteinkommen
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income.
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income distribution.
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theory.
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basic needs.
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poverty.
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welfare state.
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poverty alleviation.
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labour market.
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economic model.
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revenu.
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répartition du revenu.
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théorie.
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besoins essentiels.
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pauvreté
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Etat-providence.
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lutte contre la pauvreté
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marché du travail.
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modèle économique.
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ingreso.
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distribución del ingreso.
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teoría.
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necesidades esenciales.
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pobreza.
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lucha contra la pobreza.
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mercado de trabajo.
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modelo económico.
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Estado benefactor.
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developed countries.
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developing countries.
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pays développés.
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pays en développement.
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países desarrollados.
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países en desarrollo.
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textbook.
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manuel d'enseignement.
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libro de texto.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781849643535 |
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1849643539 |
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