Financing Basic Income

Addressing the Cost Objection

Buch | Softcover

XIII, 116 Seiten

2018 | Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-85357-4 (ISBN)

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This Palgrave Pivot argues that basic income at a decent level 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.

Richard Pereira is Doctoral Researcher at the University of Birmingham, UK, and was formerly an economist with the House of Commons in Canada. Contributors Albert Jörimann, Basic Income Earth Network, Switzerland Gary Flomenhoft, University of Vermont, USA; University of Queensland, Australia

1. Introduction; Richard Pereira 2. Foundations for a Basic Income Guarantee: Affordability through Program Redundancies; Richard Pereira 3. Cost Feasibility of Basic Income in Europe: A Financing Case Study from Switzerland; Albert Jörimann 4. Building up BIG: Land Rent in Australia as a Significant Financing Source; Gary Flomenhoft 5. Conclusion; Richard Pereira

"This short book is a useful contribution to the field, because it sets an agenda for further study of the funding methods proposed." (Chemistry World, chemistryworld.com, January, 2018)

Erscheint lt. Verlag	13.5.2018
Reihe/Serie	Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee
Zusatzinfo	XIII, 116 p. 2 illus.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	1806 g
Themenwelt	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Wirtschaftspolitik
Schlagworte	citizen's income • Income Support • Labor standards • public programs • welfare
ISBN-10	3-319-85357-0 / 3319853570
ISBN-13	978-3-319-85357-4 / 9783319853574
Zustand	Neuware