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Basic income is one the most innovative, powerful and controversial proposals for addressing poverty and growing inequalities. This book examines the arguments for and against basic income from the point of view of economic and social justice.

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Author:   S. Birnbaum
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.455kg
ISBN:  

9780230114067

ISBN 10:   0230114067
Pages:   246
Publication Date:   14 February 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments * Introduction and Overview * 1. Basic Income, Liberal Egalitarianism, and the Study of Social Justice * Part One. A Society of Equals: Radical Liberalism, Self-Respect, and Basic Income * 2. Equality of Status and its Priority: A Rawlsian Case for Basic Income * 3. Are Only Contributors Entitled to Social Rights? Cooperation, Reciprocity and the Boundaries of Social Justic * Part Two. The Exploitation Objection Against Basic Income: Equality of Opportunity, Luck and Responsibility * 4. Why Unconditional Transfers Are Not Exploitative * 5. Jobs as Gifts. A Reconstruction and a Qualified Defense * Part Three. The Feasibility of Basic Income: Social Ethos, Work, and the Politics of Universalism * 6. Why Do People Work if They Don't Have To? Basic Income, Liberal Neutrality and the Work Ethos * 7. Social Justice in Practice. On the Political Implications of Radical Liberalism * References * Index

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<p> An extremely intelligent and cogent defense of basic income as part of a public policy setting aimed at strengthening the economic foundations of freedom and autonomy. Built on high-quality philosophical analysis and deep comprehensive knowledge of the basic income debate, Simon Birnbaum's book offers forceful arguments for reshaping welfare regimes in the direction of a new autonomy-enhancing social consensus. An absolute must read for those who believe that emancipation is to be universally and unconditionally achieved. - David Casassas, research fellow, University of Barcelona; and secretary of Basic Income Earth Network <br> At a time when economic insecurity and inequality have reached unprecedented levels, Simon Birnbaum constructs a highly innovative 'radically liberal' justification for unconditional basic income that pays as much attention to philosophical foundations as to considerations of feasibility and political reality. Basic Income Reconsidered offers its readers a carefully argued and intuitively appealing vision of why basic income is a must, and navigates the many objections to this proposal in a way that will shape the debate for years to come. This is the book many of us have been waiting to read since Philippe Van Parijs published his pioneering work almost two decades ago. - Jurgen De Wispelaere, senior research fellow, CREUM, Universite de Montreal and editor of Basic Income Studies <br>'How can you boost the level of unconditional basic income that can be sustained in a particular society? By spreading in the latter such a strong work ethos that its members will work very hard no matter how heavily their incomes are being taxed. But does this not make nonsense of the real freedom to live as they wish which an unconditional income is meant to confer to its beneficiaries? This is one of the powerful objections to the basic income proposal which Simon Birnbaum discusses with great virtuosity in this new book, one of the most insig

<p> An extremely intelligent and cogent defense of basic income as part of a public policy setting aimed at strengthening the economic foundations of freedom and autonomy. Built on high-quality philosophical analysis and deep comprehensive knowledge of the basic income debate, Simon Birnbaum's book offers forceful arguments for reshaping welfare regimes in the direction of a new autonomy-enhancing social consensus. An absolute must read for those who believe that emancipation is to be universally and unconditionally achieved. - David Casassas, research fellow, University of Barcelona; and secretary of Basic Income Earth Network <br> At a time when economic insecurity and inequality have reached unprecedented levels, Simon Birnbaum constructs a highly innovative 'radically liberal' justification for unconditional basic income that pays as much attention to philosophical foundations as to considerations of feasibility and political reality. Basic Income Reconsidered offers its readers a carefully argued and intuitively appealing vision of why basic income is a must, and navigates the many objections to this proposal in a way that will shape the debate for years to come. This is the book many of us have been waiting to read since Philippe Van Parijs published his pioneering work almost two decades ago. - Jurgen De Wispelaere, senior research fellow, CRA0/00UM, UniversitA(c) de MontrA(c)al; and editor of Basic Income Studies <br> How can you boost the level of unconditional basic income that can be sustained in a particular society? By spreading in the latter such a strong work ethos that its members will work very hard no matter how heavily their incomes are being taxed. But does this not make nonsense of the real freedom to live as they wish which an unconditional income is meant to confer to its beneficiaries?<br>This is one of the powerful objections to the basic income proposal which Simon Birnbaum discusses with great virtuosity in this new book, one ofw

An extremely intelligent and cogent defense of basic income as part of a public policy setting aimed at strengthening the economic foundations of freedom and autonomy. Built on high-quality philosophical analysis and deep comprehensive knowledge of the basic income debate, Simon Birnbaum's book offers forceful arguments for reshaping welfare regimes in the direction of a new autonomy-enhancing social consensus. An absolute must read for those who believe that emancipation is to be universally and unconditionally achieved. - David Casassas, research fellow, University of Barcelona; and secretary of Basic Income Earth Network At a time when economic insecurity and inequality have reached unprecedented levels, Simon Birnbaum constructs a highly innovative 'radically liberal' justification for unconditional basic income that pays as much attention to philosophical foundations as to considerations of feasibility and political reality. Basic Income Reconsidered offers its readers a carefully argued and intuitively appealing vision of why basic income is a must, and navigates the many objections to this proposal in a way that will shape the debate for years to come. This is the book many of us have been waiting to read since Philippe Van Parijs published his pioneering work almost two decades ago. - Jurgen De Wispelaere, senior research fellow, CRA0/00UM, UniversitA(c) de MontrA(c)al; and editor of Basic Income Studies How can you boost the level of unconditional basic income that can be sustained in a particular society? By spreading in the latter such a strong work ethos that its members will work very hard no matter how heavily their incomes are being taxed. But does this not make nonsense of the real freedom to live as they wish which an unconditional income is meant to confer to its beneficiaries?This is one of the powerful objections to the basic income proposal which Simon Birnbaum discusses with great virtuosity in this new book, one of-

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SIMON BIRNBAUM Researcher in the Department of Political Science at Stockholm University, Sweden.

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