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The Origins of Universal Grants

An Anthology of Historical Writings on Basic Capital and Basic Income

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  1. John Cunliffe

    1. University of Warwick, UK

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  2. Guido Erreygers

    1. University of Antwerp, Belgium

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxix
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  2. Basic Capital Proposals

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Agrarian Justice (1797)

      • Thomas Paine
      Pages 3-16

    3. Some Causes of Popular Poverty, Derived from the Enriching Nature of Interests, Rents, Duties, Inheritances, and Church Establishments, Investigated in their Principles and Consequences, and Agreement with the Scriptures (1817)

      • Cornelius Blatchly
      Pages 17-22

    4. The Rights of Man to Property! Being a Proposition to Make it Equal among the Adults of the Present Generation: and to Provide for its Equal Transmission to Every Individual of Each Succeeding Generation, on Arriving at Maturity (1829)

      • Thomas Skidmore
      Pages 23-31

    5. Brownson’s Defence. Defence of the Article on the Laboring Classes. From the Boston Quarterly Review (1840)

      • Orestes Brownson
      Pages 32-47

    6. The Right to Labour and Property (1848)

      • Paul Voituron
      Pages 48-55

    7. Natural Law, or Justice as a New Governance for Society according to the Destiny of Man (1854)

      • Napoleon De Keyser
      Pages 56-72

    8. Social Economics (1874)

      • Agathon De Potter
      Pages 73-78

  3. Basic Income Proposals

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 79-79
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    2. The Rights of Infants (1797)

      • Thomas Spence
      Pages 81-91

    3. Agrarian Equality — To Mr. R. Carlile, Dorchester Gaol (1824)

      • Allen Davenport, Richard Carlile
      Pages 92-98

    4. Letter to the High Judge (1803)

      • Charles Fourier
      Pages 99-102

    5. Solution of the Social Problem or Humanitarian Constitution, Based upon Natural Law, and Preceded by the Exposition of Reasons (1848)

      • Joseph Charlier
      Pages 103-120

    6. Scheme for a State Bonus (1918)

      • E. Mabel, Dennis Milner
      Pages 121-133

    7. A Reasonable Revolution. Being a Discussion of the State Bonus Scheme — a Proposal for a National Minimum Income (1919)

      • Bertram Pickard
      Pages 134-140

    8. The Community’s Credit. A Consideration of the Principle and Proposals of the Social Credit Movement (1922)

      • C. Marshall Hattersley
      Pages 141-148

    9. (I) The Next Ten Years in British Social and Economic Policy (1929) (II) Principles of Economic Planning (1935)

      • G. D. H. Cole
      Pages 149-160

    10. Something to Look Forward To. A Suggestion for a New Social Contract (1943)

      • Juliet Rhys-Williams
      Pages 161-169

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 170-179
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Should all young adults receive a capital grant? Should all individuals be given a lifetime regular income? Would either form of payment be just or unjust? These questions figure prominently in recent social philosophy and policy discussions on 'stakeholding' and 'basic income'. Both types of proposal have a long, but largely unknown history. This anthology contains a wide variety of historical contributions, some of which are presented in English for the first time, highlighting striking parallels between past and present debates.

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'I highly recommend this anthology, which is an invaluable source of original documents, some of them available in English for the first time. The selections show how forerunners to contemporary guaranteed income schemes raised and addressed crucial issues as well as arguments for and against such schemes.' - Richard K. Caputo, Basic Income Studies

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Warwick, UK

    John Cunliffe

  • University of Antwerp, Belgium

    Guido Erreygers

About the editors

JOHN CUNLIFFE is Lecturer in Political Theory in the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Warwick, UK. His research interests are mainly in the history of modern property theories. He has published papers in a wide range of journals.

GUIDO ERREYGERS is Professor of Economics at the University of Antwerp, Belgium. In recent years his research has focused on the history of debates on inheritance, basic income and basic capital, with special emphasis on the contributions of Belgian economists. He has published in a wide range of professional journals.

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