Basic income - what, why, and how? : aspects of the global basic income debate /: aspects of the global basic income debate. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Malcolm Torry.
• Authors: Torry, Malcolm
• Contents: 1.Basic Income: What, why, and how? Introductory chapter.- 2.Defining Basic Income.- 3. 'Unconditional' and 'universal'.- 4. Basic Income and Basic Income schemes.- 5.Basic Income as the preserver and transformation of capitalism.- 6.The mode of delivery is important.- 7.Only for children?.- 8.Basic Income is feasible.- 9.Speenhamland is irrelevant.- 10.Testing different routes to a Basic Income.- 11.A Basic Income at the level of Minimum Income Standards?.- 12.What (if anything) can justify Basic Income pilot projects?.- 13.Factors influencing political decisions about social security benefits in the UK.- 14.Research and education in the UK debate.- 15.Political feasibility in the UK.- 16.Microsimulation research in the UK.- 17.What a Basic Income is, why it matters, and how it might come about.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 362.582; Basic income
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783031142482
• Related ISBNs: 9783031142475
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