Debating universal basic income : pros, cons, and alternatives
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Debating universal basic income : pros, cons, and alternatives
(Exploring the basic income guarantee)(Palgrave pivot)
Palgrave Macmillan, c2022
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-133) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book presents the most compelling arguments for and against implementing a basic income guarantee today, in the voice of proponents and critics, in alternating chapters. Tables, figures, and pictures illustrate the key concepts and evidence, which include benefit cliffs and disincentive deserts, time series macroeconomic data, business, economic, and technological change (BETC), artificial intelligence and other general purpose technologies, along with advanced robotics, the environmental Kuznets Curve, income distributions, democracy, social justice, dependence, autonomy, and economic freedom. A neutral, non-partisan tone introduction defines UBI and covers the history of universal income plans, while the conclusion summarizes the main arguments for and against UBI before surveying alternative policies, including universal basic asset, credit, service, job, and training plans.
Table of Contents
1 UBI BasicsPolitical Ideologies and UBI
Waves of Interest in UBI
This Book's Goals
2 In Favor: Something for Everyone
3 Opposed: Less for All
4 In Favor: Safety from Artificial Intelligence
5 Opposed: No Country for New Robots
6 In Favor: Another Weapon Against Climate Change
7 Opposed: The Centralized Control Conceit
8 Opposed: Too Dear or Too Little
9 In Favor: UBI Pays for Itself
10 Opposed: Democracy Destroyed
11 In Favor: Democracy Enhanced and Social Justice, Too!
12 Opposed: Dependency
13 In Favor: Autonomy
14 Summary and Alternatives
UBI Later?
Would a Universal Basic Asset, Credit, Job, Training, or Service Scheme Help More People for Less Money?
Ubi Libertas, Ibi Prosperitas: Economic Freedom and Prosperity for All
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