LEADER 05404nam 22008175 450 001 9910377830503321 005 20250609111328.0 010 $a9783030367480 010 $a3030367487 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-36748-0 035 $a(CKB)4100000010479871 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6121720 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-36748-0 035 $a(PPN)259460060 035 $a(Perlego)3480362 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6220652 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6120879 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000010479871 100 $a20200220d2020 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aBasic Income and Sovereign Money $eThe Alternative to Economic Crisis and Austerity Policy /$fby Geoff Crocker 205 $a1st ed. 2020. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Pivot,$d2020. 215 $a1 online resource (105 pages) $ccolor illustrations 225 1 $aPalgrave pivot 311 08$a9783030367473 311 08$a3030367479 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aChapter 1 Summary and Core Argument -- Chapter 2 Economic Events, Policies, and Crisis -- Chapter 3 An Alternative Radical Diagnostic -- Chapter 4 Wider Arguments for Basic Income and Sovereign Money -- Chapter 5 Diagnosing The 2007 Economic Crisis -- Chapter 6 Basic Income and Sovereign Money -- Chapter 7 Basic Income and Sovereign Money - the current literature. 330 $a"This is a radical, thought-provoking book, which brings together debates that are often kept separate about basic income and 'sovereign money'. You might not agree with all of it, but it makes big arguments and does so with constructive intent: that of proposing alternative ways of organising our economy and welfare states." Nick Pearce, Director of The Institute for Policy Research, University of Bath "I welcome this book's advocacy of a universal basic income. MMT proponents have focused on the problem of employment. Geoff Crocker wants to shift the focus to basic income, and I believe he is right. Employment was the fundamental problem of the 20th century. Income distribution will be the fundamental problem of the 21st century." Thomas Palley, independent economist, Washington, DC "A very stimulating and provoking contribution to the discussion of how to define, identify, and finance basic income." Bernhard Neumärker, Götz Werner Professor of Economic Policy & Constitutional Economic Theory and Head of Freiburg Institute for Basic Income Studies (FRIBIS) at the University of Freiburg The current economic system is dysfunctional, characterised by crises, austerity, excessive household and government debt, low pay, poverty, inequality, and ecological damage. This needs a radical re-think and re-engineering of the economic system. The standard explanation of the 2007 economic crisis is that banks behaved badly and governments failed to regulate. But policies of tighter bank regulation, quantitative easing, and austerity failed, and proved counter-productive. This book challenges this orthodox view. From a careful analysis of long-term economic data, it shows that earned income has inexorably fallen behind economic output, leading to huge increases in consumer debt, causing the crisis. Governments have sought to curtail deficit spending by socially harmful austeritypolicy. The answer is a universal basic income, funded by debt-free sovereign money, which also funds government social expenditure, always limited by economic output to avoid inflation. This book will appeal to policy makers, academic economists, think tank networks, and everyone who is concerned with the ongoing dysfunctionality of the current economic system. Geoff Crocker edits Basic Income Forum. He read economics and worked internationally in technology strategy consulting. He researches how technology causes fundamental change in the economy, principally in reducing effective aggregate demand. His work is set out in A Managerial Philosophy of Technology (Palgrave, 2012) and at www.ubi.org. 410 0$aPalgrave pivot. 606 $aPolitical planning 606 $aInternational economic relations 606 $aPolitical science 606 $aFinance 606 $aHistory 606 $aEconomic policy 606 $aPublic administration 606 $aPublic Policy 606 $aInternational Political Economy' 606 $aPolitical Theory 606 $aFinancial History 606 $aEconomic Policy 606 $aPublic Administration 615 0$aPolitical planning. 615 0$aInternational economic relations. 615 0$aPolitical science. 615 0$aFinance. 615 0$aHistory. 615 0$aEconomic policy. 615 0$aPublic administration. 615 14$aPublic Policy. 615 24$aInternational Political Economy'. 615 24$aPolitical Theory. 615 24$aFinancial History. 615 24$aEconomic Policy. 615 24$aPublic Administration. 676 $a320.6 676 $a331.23 700 $aCrocker$b Geoff$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0975132 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910377830503321 996 $aBasic Income and Sovereign Money$92220306 997 $aUNINA