Basic income worldwide : horizons of reform

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Basic income worldwide : horizons of reform

edited by Matthew C. Murray and Carole Pateman

(International political economy series)

Palgrave Macmillan, 2012

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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In the midst of growing criticism of current economic orthodoxies and welfare systems, basic income is growing in popularity. This is the first book to discuss existing at examples of basic income, in both rich and poor countries, and to consider its prospects in other places around the world.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction PART I: EXPERIMENTS The Basic Income Guarantee in the United States: Past Experience, Current Proposals
  • K.Widerquist & A.Sheahan Seeing the Sun Rise: The Basic Income Grant Pilot Project in Namibia - Realities and Hopes
  • C.Haarmann & D.Haarmann Minimum Income in Brazil: A New Model of Innovation Diffusion
  • D.B.Coelho The Case for Basic Income in Canada
  • E.L.Forget PART II: PROPOSALS Basic Income and Republican Freedom in North and South: Financing Proposals for Catalonia and East Timor
  • D.Cassassas , J.Wark & D.Raventos The Continuing Politics of Basic Income in South Africa
  • J.Seekings & H.Matisonn Ireland and the Prospects for Basic Income Reform
  • S.Healy & B.Reynolds Manifold Possibilities, Peculiar Obstacles - Basic Income in the German Debate
  • S.Liebermann Prospects for a Tax-Benefit Reforms in New Zealand that Incorporates a Basic Income
  • K.Rankin Basic Income in Australia - A Distant Horizon
  • J.Tomlinson Conclusion

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