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Providing a basic income to everyone, rich or poor, active or inactive, was advocated by Paine, Mill, and Galbraith but the idea was never taken seriously. Today, with the welfare state creaking, it is one of the world's most widely debated proposals. Philippe Van Parijs and Yannick Vanderborght present a comprehensive defense of this radical idea.
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Philippe Van Parijs is Professor of Economic and Social Ethics, University of Louvain.Yannick Vanderborght is Professor of Political Science, Université Saint-Louis, Brussels.