Overview
- Explores the social and economic contexts that make Basic Income particularly appropriate as a social policy in Korea
- Argues that Christian ethics are at stake in the Basic Income debate, guided by trained theologians
- Delves into the political economy consequences of Basic Income
Part of the book series: Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee (BIG)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Biblical Implication Regarding Basic Income
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Church Historical, Ethical and Feminist Theological Approach on Basic Income
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Socio Ethical Suggestion and Social Scientist Approaches Toward Realization of Basic Income
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About this book
Although modern society is a global one, centered on the economic ideology of neo-liberalism, the negative effects of social polarization caused by this are quite severe. It is also urgent to come up with alternative solutions to the problems of labor reduction and wage labor. Moreover, the expansion of productivity through collaboration between humans and artificial intelligence also presents a challenge. An interdisciplinary study on the meaning and restructuring of labor is therefore needed.
This book traces themes supporting the concept of basic income appearing in the Old and New Testaments, as well as precedents relating to basic income in the context of capitalism in the thought of the Reformers. Within the framework of Christian ethics, the book looks at the ideological basis for basic income and its applicability to the current situation in order to pursue economic justice. Additionally, the book examines the practical feasibility and rationale for basic income by discussing the economics of basic income financing and the political economy implications for how it can be applied to real politics.Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Chung Mee-Hyun is a professor of theology at the United Graduate School of Theology of Yonsei University, Seoul, and serves as the Dean of university chaplain of Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea. She is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church in the Republic of Korea (PROK). She holds a Dr. theol. from Basel University, Switzerland. In 2006, Chung received the Karl Barth Prize from the Union of Protestant Churches within the EKD for her doctoral dissertation and other related articles. She also received Marga Buehrig prize in 2013. She was named one of ten key Reformed theologians by the World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) in 2017.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Basic Income in Korea and Beyond
Book Subtitle: Social, Economic, and Theological Perspectives
Editors: Mee-Hyun Chung
Series Title: Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-09202-2
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: 978-3-031-09201-5Published: 09 February 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-09204-6Published: 10 February 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-09202-2Published: 08 February 2023
Series ISSN: 2662-3803
Series E-ISSN: 2662-3811
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 251
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 17 illustrations in colour