Basic income : a guide for the open-minded

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Basic income : a guide for the open-minded

Guy Standing

Yale University Press, 2017

  • : hardcover

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"First published in Great Britain in 2017 by Penguin Books Ltd, London, as Basic income : and how we can make it happen"--T.p. verso

Includes index

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Description

Shouldn't everyone receive a stake in society's wealth? Could we create a fairer world by guaranteeing income to all? What would this mean for our health, wealth, and happiness? 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. Political parties across the world are now adopting this innovative policy and the idea generates headlines every day. Guy Standing has been at the forefront of thought surrounding basic income for the past thirty years, and in this book he covers in authoritative detail its effects on the economy, poverty, work, and labor; dissects and disproves the standard arguments against basic income; explains what we can learn from pilots across the world; and illustrates exactly why basic income has now become such an urgent necessity.

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  • NCID
    BB24220308
  • ISBN
    • 9780300230840
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    New Haven
  • Pages/Volumes
    xiii, 374 p.
  • Size
    21 cm
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