Financing Basic Income - Addressing the Cost Objection

This Palgrave Pivot argues that basic income at a decent level is, in fact, affordable. The contributors approach the topic from the perspectives of three different countries-Canada, Switzerland, and Australia-to overcome objections that a universal program to keep all citizens above the poverty line would be too expensive to implement. They assess the complex array of revenue sources that can make universal basic income feasible, from the underestimated value of public program redundancies to new and so far unaccounted publicly owned assets.

Sommario

1. Introduction; Richard Pereira 2. Foundations for a Basic Income Guarantee: Affordability through Program Redundancies; Richard Pereira 3. Cost Feasibility of Basic Income in Europe: A Financing Case Study from Switzerland; Albert Jörimann 4. Building up BIG: Land Rent in Australia as a Significant Financing Source; Gary Flomenhoft 5. Conclusion; Richard Pereira

Relazione

"This short book is a useful contribution to the field, because it sets an agenda for further study of the funding methods proposed." (Chemistry World, chemistryworld.com, January, 2018)

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Con la collaborazione di: Richar Pereira (Editore), Richard Pereira (Editore)
• Editore: Springer, Berlin
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.01.2018
• EAN: 9783319853574
• ISBN: 978-3-31-985357-4
• Pagine: 116
• Dimensioni: 148 mm x 7 mm x 210 mm
• Peso: 182 g
• Illustrazioni: 2 SW-Abb.
• Serie: Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee; Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Economia > Economia politica