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Basic income : a radical proposal for a free society and a sane economy /

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 Vanderborgh...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Parijs, Philippe van, 1951- (Autor), Vanderborght, Yannick (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2017.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The instrument of freedom
  • Basic income and its cousins
  • Prehistory: public assistance and social insurance
  • History: from utopian dream to worldwide movement
  • Ethically justifiable? Free riding versus fair shares
  • Economically sustainable? Funding, experiments and transitions
  • Politically achievable? Civil society, parties and the back door
  • Viable in the global era? Multi-level basic income.