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 Vanderborght...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts :
Harvard University Press,
[2017]
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| Summary: | 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 Vanderborght present a comprehensive defense of this radical idea. |
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| Physical Description: | 384 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780674052284 0674052285 |