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Author:   Malcolm Torry
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2022
Weight:   0.601kg
ISBN:  

9783031142475

ISBN 10:   3031142470
Pages:   347
Publication Date:   26 October 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1.Basic Income: What, why, and how? Introductory chapter.- 2.Defining Basic Income.- 3.     ‘Unconditional’ and ‘universal’.- 4. Basic Income and Basic Income schemes.- 5.Basic Income as the preserver and transformation of capitalism.- 6.The mode of delivery is important.- 7.Only for children?.- 8.Basic Income is feasible.- 9.Speenhamland is irrelevant.- 10.Testing different routes to a Basic Income.- 11.A Basic Income at the level of Minimum Income Standards?.- 12.What (if anything) can justify Basic Income pilot projects?.- 13.Factors influencing political decisions about social security benefits in the UK.- 14.Research and education in the UK debate.- 15.Political feasibility in the UK.- 16.Microsimulation research in the UK.- 17.What a Basic Income is, why it matters, and how it might come about.

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Malcolm Torry is a visiting fellow at the Institute for Policy Research at the University of Bath and a trustee and treasurer of the Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN). He was previously the director of the Citizen’s Basic Income Trust and a senior visiting fellow at the London School of Economics.

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