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'Malcolm Torry has produced the first and only comprehensive history of Basic Income from the historical origins of the idea to the growing movement around it today.' -- Karl Widerquist, Georgetown University-Qatar 'An extremely well informed account of the many modest origins and recent worldwide dissemination of the idea of Basic Income, and in particular of the role played by British thinkers and activists.' -- Philippe Van Parijs, University of Louvain, Belgium and Basic Income Earth Network 'As Basic Income moves up the political agenda, the need to understand the history of the idea has never been more pressing. Malcolm Torry's wide-ranging study draws on a lifetime of research and will be an invaluable contribution to the growing literature on the subject.' -- Peter Sloman, University of Cambridge, UK

'This book is undoubtedly a valuable reference resource, since it draws together commentaries from a variety of secondary resources and gathers in one place summaries of historically significant philosophical arguments, policy proposals and studies. It offers a guide through the bewildering twists, turns and inflections in the terminologies these have entailed, but it also reveals the ways in which the position of some key thinkers has shifted over time and in which shifts in perspective can result in a Gestalt switch in perception.' -- Hartley Dean, Journal of Human Development and Capabilities 'Malcolm Torry has produced the first and only comprehensive history of Basic Income from the historical origins of the idea to the growing movement around it today.'- Karl Widerquist, Georgetown University-Qatar 'An extremely well informed account of the many modest origins and recent worldwide dissemination of the idea of Basic Income, and in particular of the role played by British thinkers and activists.' -- Philippe Van Parijs, University of Louvain, Belgium and Basic Income Earth Network 'As Basic Income moves up the political agenda, the need to understand the history of the idea has never been more pressing. Malcolm Torry's wide-ranging study draws on a lifetime of research and will be an invaluable contribution to the growing literature on the subject.' -- Peter Sloman, University of Cambridge, UK

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Malcolm Torry, Visiting Fellow, Institute for Policy Research, University of Bath, previously Senior Visiting Fellow, London School of Economics, Treasurer, Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN), former Director, Citizen's Basic Income Trust. He is a Priest in the Church of England and currently Priest in Charge of St Mary Abchurch, City of London, UK

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