Basic income : a radical proposal for a free society and a sane economy /
Providing a basic income to everyone, rich or poor, active or inactive, was advocated by Paine, Mill, and Galbraith but the idea was never taken seriously. Today, with the welfare state creaking, it is one of the world's most widely debated proposals. Philippe Van Parijs and Yannick Vanderborgh...
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| Authors / Creators: | , |
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| Other Authors / Creators: | Vanderborght, Yannick, author. |
| Format: | eBook Electronic |
| Language: | English |
| Imprint: | Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2017. |
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| Online Access: | Click here for full text at JSTOR |
| Summary: | Providing a basic income to everyone, rich or poor, active or inactive, was advocated by Paine, Mill, and Galbraith but the idea was never taken seriously. Today, with the welfare state creaking, it is one of the world's most widely debated proposals. Philippe Van Parijs and Yannick Vanderborght present a comprehensive defense of this radical idea.-- Providing a basic income to everyone, rich or poor, active or inactive, was advocated by Paine, Mill, and Galbraith but the idea was never taken seriously. Today, with the welfare state creaking, it is one of the world's most widely debated proposals. Philippe Van Parijs and Yannick Vanderborght present a comprehensive defense of this radical idea. |
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| Item Description: | Print version record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (384 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-372) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0674978072 0674978099 9780674978072 9780674978096 |
| Author Notes: | Philippe Van Parijs is Professor of Economic and Social Ethics, University of Louvain.Vanderborght Yannick : Yannick Vanderborght is Professor of Political Science, Université Saint-Louis, Brussels. |