Basic income. A radical project for a free society and a healthy economy

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Basic income. A radical project for a free society and a healthy economy

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The idea of ​​paying people an income regardless of whether they are doing or looking for a job may sound crazy. However, the provision of an unconditional basic income for every individual—rich or poor, economically active or inactive—has been advocated by such great thinkers as Thomas Paine, John Stuart Mill, and John Kenneth Galbraith. For a long time, this idea was not taken seriously. Today, as the traditional welfare state creaks under increased pressure, basic income has become the world's most widely discussed social policy project.
Philip van Parijs and Yannick Vanderborcht argue that a basic income can help overcome economic insecurity and social exclusion in the XNUMXst century. They combine arguments from the fields of philosophy, politics, and economics to compare the idea of ​​a basic income with competing projects to protect against poverty and unemployment; trace its history; respond to economic and political objections to unconditional income, including the argument that it tends to blunt incentives and encourage free rider behavior; explain how such an incredible idea can be economically and politically achievable. In an age of growing inequality and political division, when the old answers to deep-seated social problems do not inspire confidence, a basic income offers hope that we can still achieve a free society and a healthy economy.

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Publication language: Russian

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