Overview
- Tackles the most contentious issue of universal basic income
- Identifies overlooked revenue sources
- Demonstrates how BIG can address poverty's costs to society
Part of the book series: Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee (BIG)
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About this book
This Palgrave Pivot argues that basic income at a decent level is, in fact, affordable. The contributors approach the topic from the perspectives of three different countries—Canada, Switzerland, and Australia—to overcome objections that a universal program to keep all citizens above the poverty line would be too expensive to implement. They assess the complex array of revenue sources that can make universal basic income feasible, from the underestimated value of public program redundancies to new and so far unaccounted publicly owned assets.
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Foundations for a Basic Income Guarantee
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Cost Feasibility of Basic Income in Europe
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Building Up BIG
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Back Matter
Reviews
“This short book is a useful contribution to the field, because it sets an agenda for further study of the funding methods proposed.” (Chemistry World, chemistryworld.com, January, 2018) “This book is ambitious, and definitely fills a gap that has existed for a long time in the literature on basic income. It can be considered a seminal contribution to the field. As a result of its pioneering nature, it should become a reference on the subject.” (Thibault Laurentjoye, EHESS Paris – PSL Research University, France)
“This is a very valuable project that will make a critically important contribution to the literature on basic income. By moving from general principles to the question of implementation in a well-researched and empirically sound manner, this book shifts the debate toward more practical considerations at a time when there is renewed interest in the idea. The authors tackle the issue head on of how to fund a basic income.” (Laurent Dobuzinskis, Simon Fraser University, Canada)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Richard Pereira is Doctoral Researcher at the University of Birmingham, UK, and was formerly an economist with the House of Commons in Canada.
Contributors
Albert Jörimann, Basic Income Earth Network, Switzerland
Gary Flomenhoft, University of Vermont, USA; University of Queensland, Australia
Contributors
Albert Jörimann, Basic Income Earth Network, Switzerland
Gary Flomenhoft, University of Vermont, USA; University of Queensland, Australia
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Financing Basic Income
Book Subtitle: Addressing the Cost Objection
Editors: Richard Pereira
Series Title: Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54268-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and the Author(s) 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-54268-3Published: 04 July 2017
Series ISSN: 2662-3803
Series E-ISSN: 2662-3811
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 116
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations
Topics: Public Economics, Public Finance, Social Choice/Welfare Economics/Public Choice/Political Economy