Basic Income: A Guide For The Open-minded
by Guy Standing /
2017 / English / EPUB
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Shouldn’t everyone receive a stake in society's wealth? Could
we create a fairer world by guaranteeing income to all? What
would this mean for our health, wealth, and happiness?
Shouldn’t everyone receive a stake in society's wealth? Could
we create a fairer world by guaranteeing income to all? What
would this mean for our health, wealth, and happiness?
Basic income is a revolutionary idea that guarantees regular,
unconditional cash transfers from the government to all citizens.
It is an acknowledgement that everyone plays a part in generating
the wealth currently enjoyed by only a few and would rectify the
recent breakdown in income distribution.
Basic income is a revolutionary idea that guarantees regular,
unconditional cash transfers from the government to all citizens.
It is an acknowledgement that everyone plays a part in generating
the wealth currently enjoyed by only a few and would rectify the
recent breakdown in income distribution.
Political parties across the world are now adopting this
innovative policy and the idea generates headlines every day. Guy
Standing has been at the forefront of thought surrounding basic
income for the past thirty years, and in this book he covers in
authoritative detail its effects on the economy, poverty, work,
and labor; dissects and disproves the standard arguments against
basic income; explains what we can learn from pilots across the
world; and illustrates exactly why basic income has now become
such an urgent necessity.
Political parties across the world are now adopting this
innovative policy and the idea generates headlines every day. Guy
Standing has been at the forefront of thought surrounding basic
income for the past thirty years, and in this book he covers in
authoritative detail its effects on the economy, poverty, work,
and labor; dissects and disproves the standard arguments against
basic income; explains what we can learn from pilots across the
world; and illustrates exactly why basic income has now become
such an urgent necessity.