Debating universal basic income : pros, cons, and alternatives

Debating universal basic income : pros, cons, and alternatives / Robert E. Wright [and] Aleksandra Przegalińska.

This book presents the most compelling arguments for and against implementing a basic income guarantee today, in the voice of proponents and critics, in alternating chapters. Tables, figures, and pictures illustrate the key concepts and evidence, which include benefit cliffs and disincentive deserts...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Wright, Robert E. (Robert Eric), 1969-, Przegalinska, Aleksandra (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2022]
Series:Palgrave pivot.
Exploring the basic income guarantee,
Subjects:
Basic income.
Basic income
Online Access:Click for online access
Table of Contents:
  • UBI basics
  • In favor : something for everyone
  • Opposed : less for all
  • In favor : safety from artificial intelligence
  • Opposed : no country for new robots
  • In favor : another weapon against climate change
  • Opposed : the centralized control conceit
  • Opposed : too dear or too little
  • In favor : UBI pays for itself
  • Opposed : democracy destroyed
  • In favor : democracy enhanced and social justice, too!
  • Opposed : dependency
  • In favor : autonomy
  • Summary and alternatives.

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