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Basic income : a guide for the open-minded /

Basic income is a revolutionary idea that guarantees regular, unconditional cash transfers from the government to all citizens. It is an acknowledgement that everyone plays a part in generating the wealth currently enjoyed by only a few and would rectify the recent breakdown in income distribution....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Standing, Guy (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2017]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Basic income : its meaning and historical origins
  • Basic income as social justice
  • Basic income and freedom
  • Reducing poverty, inequality and insecurity
  • The economic arguments
  • The standard objections
  • The affordability issue
  • The implications for work and labour
  • The alternatives
  • Basic income and development
  • Basic income initiatives and pilots
  • The political challenge : how to get there from here
  • Appendix: How to run a basic income pilot
  • List of BIEN-affiliated organizations.