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Autore |
Standing Guy |
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Basic income : a guide for the open-minded / / Guy Standing |
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New Haven, CT : , : Yale University Press, , 2017 |
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©2017 |
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ISBN |
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0-300-23418-X |
9780300234183 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (389 pages) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Guaranteed annual income |
Income |
Income distribution |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- CHAPTER 1. Basic Income - Its Meaning and Historical Origins -- CHAPTER 2. Basic Income as Social Justice -- CHAPTER 3. Basic Income and Freedom -- CHAPTER 4. Reducing Poverty, Inequality and Insecurity -- CHAPTER 5. The Economic Arguments -- CHAPTER 6. The Standard Objections -- CHAPTER 7. The Affordability Issue -- CHAPTER 8. The Implications for Work and Labour -- CHAPTER 9. The Alternatives -- CHAPTER 10. Basic Income and Development -- CHAPTER 11. Basic Income Initiatives and Pilots -- CHAPTER 12. The Political Challenge - How to Get There from Here -- APPENDIX: HOW TO RUN A BASIC INCOME PILOT -- LIST OF BIEN-AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- NOTES -- INDEXES |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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? 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 |
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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. |
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