Basic income -- what, why, and how? : aspects of the global basic income debate / / Malcolm Torry

• Autore: Torry Malcolm <1955->
• Pubblicazione: Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2022]; ©2022
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (349 pages)
• Disciplina: 362.582
• Soggetto topico: Basic income
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Part I Introduction -- 1 Basic Income: What, Why, and How? -- Introduction -- The Plan of the Book -- Reference -- Part II What is a Basic Income? -- 2 Defining Basic Income -- Introduction -- Different Ways of Defining -- Usage -- Definition by Characteristics -- ARecognised Authority -- Defining 'Basic Income' -- The Amount of the Payment -- 'Universal', 'unconditional', 'citizen's', 'guarantee' -- Implications for the Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN, 2022b) -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- References -- 3 'Unconditional' and 'universal': Definitions and Applications -- Introduction -- Definitions -- Usage -- Defining 'unconditional' in Relation to Its Use -- Defining 'universal' in Relation to Its Use -- Definition by Characteristics -- A Recognised Authority -- Policy Implications -- Different Conditionalities Imply Different Behaviours -- The Basic Income Debate -- References -- 4 Basic Income and Basic Income Schemes: Definitions and Details -- Introduction -- Basic Income, and Basic Income Schemes -- Rothstein v. Torry -- Basic Income and Minimum Income Guarantee -- Pitts et al. v. Torry -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- References -- Part III Why Does Basic Income Matter? -- 5 Basic Income the Preserver and Transformation of Capitalism -- Introduction -- Different Meanings of 'capitalism' -- Capitalism Understood as 'the possession of capital or wealth' -- Capitalism Understood as 'an economic system in which private capital or wealth is used in the production or distribution of goods, and prices are determined mainly in a free market' -- Capitalism as 'the dominance of private owners of capital and of production for profit' -- Conclusion -- References -- 6 An Essential Dimension of the Social Minimum -- Introduction -- Dimensions. ; Resources Required for a 'minimally decent life' -- Characteristics of the Resources -- The Construction of a Social Minimum Policy Regime -- Conclusion -- References -- Part IV How Might a Basic Income Happen? -- 7 Only for Children? -- Introduction -- Terminology -- The UK's Family Allowance and Child Benefit -- Eleanor Rathbone's Family Endowment Society -- William Beveridge and his Report -- The Family Allowance Act 1945: Why Did It Happen? -- The Parliamentary Debate -- The Rediscovery of Poverty During the 1960s, and the Birth of Child Benefit -- Why Did Child Benefit Happen? -- Preserving Child Benefit -- Tax Credits -- Juliet Rhys Williams' Minority Report -- Like Mother, Like Son -- Committees of Enquiry -- Citizen's Pension -- Discussion -- Bibliography -- 8 A Basic Income is Feasible: But What Do We Mean by 'Feasible'? -- Introduction -- Financial Feasibility -- Psychological Feasibility -- Institutional Feasibility -- Behavioural Feasibility -- Political Feasibility -- Political Ideologies -- The Policy Process -- Relationships Between Feasibilities -- Conclusion -- References -- 9 Objections and Responses -- Introduction -- Basic Income: Both Feasible and Useful -- Basic Income and Basic Income Schemes -- Speenhamland, Automation, and Basic Income -- References -- 10 Testing Different Routes to a Basic Income Scheme -- Introduction -- Financial Feasibility -- Feasibility Tests -- Five Routes to Implementation -- Testing the Five Routes to Implementation -- (a) A Basic Income for Everyone Legally Resident in a Country, Implemented all in One Go, with at the Same Time the Abolition of the Existing Social Security System -- (b) A Basic Income for Everyone Legally Resident, Implemented All in One Go, with the Existing Social Security System Retained -- (c) A Basic Income for Everyone in a Particular Age Group, Followed by Other Age Groups. ; (d) A Pilot Project: A Basic Income for a Representative Sample of the Population in an Isolated Community -- (e) A Single Age Group Pilot Project -- Conclusion -- Australia -- References -- 11 Minimum Income Standards in the Basic Income Debate -- Introduction -- Basic Income -- The Amount of the Payment -- Minimum Income Standards -- Basic Income, and Basic Income Schemes -- An Adequate Basic Income, or an Adequate Basic Income Scheme? -- Conclusion -- References -- 12 Eurodividend: The Idea and the Details -- Introduction -- The Definition of Basic Income -- The Definition of Eurodividend -- Reasons for Establishing a Eurodividend -- How Should the Eurodividend Be Funded? -- Eurodividend and Eurodividend Scheme -- Should the Level of the Eurodividend Vary from Country to Country? -- An Unconditional Income for Every Individual -- Conclusion -- References -- 13 Do We Need Basic Income Experiments? -- Introduction -- 'Basic Income' -- 'Basic Income' and 'Basic Income Scheme' -- 'Experiment' and 'Pilot Project' -- Basic Income Pilot Projects -- The Conditions for Running a Genuine Basic Income Pilot Project in a Developed Country -- Methods for Testing a Basic Income Scheme's Financial Feasibility -- What (If Anything) Justifies Basic Income Experiments? -- Conclusion -- References -- Part V What, Why and How in the United Kingdom -- 14 Factors Influencing Political Decisions About Social Security Benefits in the UK -- Introduction -- Histories and Characteristics -- Family Allowance -- National Insurance and National Assistance -- Universal Credit -- Child Benefit -- A National Minimum Wage -- Future Possibilities -- The Campaign for a Living Wage -- Universal Benefits -- Juliet and Brandon Rhys Williams -- Arguments for Basic Income -- Scenarios -- Feasibility -- Conclusions -- References -- 15 Research and Education in the UK Basic Income Debate. ; Introduction -- The Early History of the UK Basic Income Debate -- The British Debate, 1942 to 2014 -- Research on the Financial Effects of Basic Income Schemes -- The Debate Continues -- Three Incidents -- The Green Party General Election Manifesto, 2015 -- A Westminster Hall Debate -- The Work and Pensions Committee Oral Hearing, 2017 -- Lessons from the Three Incidents -- Conclusions -- References -- 16 Microsimulation: A Personal Journey -- Introduction -- A Review of Earlier Empirical Work -- The 2006 Project -- The 2012 Project -- The 2014 Project -- The 2015 Project -- The 2016 Project -- The 2017 Project -- The 2018 Project -- The Standard Basic Income Scheme, 2019-2021 -- A Feasible Basic Income Scheme for 2021 -- Conclusions That We Can Draw in Relation to the 2021 Iteration of the Standard Scheme -- Responses to Questions -- Responses to Questions in 2019 -- Responses to Questions in 2020 -- Responses to Questions in 2021 -- Conclusions -- References -- Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: Basic Income--What, Why, and How
• ISBN: 3-031-14248-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910624386703321
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