Overview
- Tackles the most contentious issue of universal basic income
- Identifies overlooked revenue sources, analyzes COVID government program spending
- Adds 2 new case studies for financing a basic income guarantee & universal citizens’ dividend--a dual income proposal
Part of the book series: Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee (BIG)
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About this book
This Palgrave Pivot second edition argues that basic income 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.
This new edition adds an analysis for financing basic income in the United States, as well as considering the basic income potential in a country of far more modest economic resources, Portugal. The COVID-19 pandemic is discussed in a new Prologue, demonstrating the need for universal economic security as a precautionary measure for unforeseen crises. New research and compelling analyses are included throughout, to provide support for a dual basic income proposal.Keywords
Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Foundations for a Basic Income Guarantee (BIG)
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Cost Feasibility of Basic Income in Europe
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Back Matter
Reviews
“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
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Financing Basic Income
Book Subtitle: A Dual Income Proposal
Editors: Richard Pereira
Series Title: Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-29012-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-29011-4Published: 13 July 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-29012-1Published: 12 July 2023
Series ISSN: 2662-3803
Series E-ISSN: 2662-3811
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XXV, 164
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 7 illustrations in colour
Topics: Public Economics, Public Finance, Social Choice/Welfare Economics/Public Choice/Political Economy