Arguing for Basic Income: Ethical Foundations for a Radical Reform

Parijs (ed.), Philippe Van

ISBN 10: 0860915867 / ISBN 13: 9780860915867

Published by Verso, London, 1992

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Size: 8vo <9 3/4". viii + 248pp. Internally clean. Binding firm, spine slightly faded. Edges slightly browned and marked. Covers slightly creased. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Economics; Modern; Politics & Government. ISBN: 0860915867. ISBN/EAN: 9780860915867. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 45248.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Arguing for Basic Income: Ethical Foundations for a Radical Reform
• Publisher: Verso, London
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0860915867
• ISBN 13: 9780860915867
• Binding: Softcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Economics

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Synopsis

The idea of providing a basic income for all, paid to each individual without means tests or work requirements, is not a new one. But it is only in the past decade, with the emergence of a permanent underclass of unemployed, that politicians and academics have begun to argue seriously for minimum income as a route to stability in societies riven by the grotesque inequalities of modern capitalist economics. The central objection to basic income is simple: there is a widespread feeling that a basic income would be unfair because hard workers would be exploited by loafers. In these pages, a group of specialists describe the type of society in which unconditional income would be legitimate. In so doing they question and clarify some of the central principles of modern political philosophy. The contributors are John Baker, Brian Barry, Alan Carling, Michael Freeden, Robert Goodin, André Gorz, Bill Jordan, Richard Norman, Claus Offe, Guy Standing, Hillel Steiner and Philippe Van Parijs.