The Palgrave International Handbook of Basic Income

Part I: Introductory chapters.- Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: The definition and characteristics of Basic Income.- Chapter 3: A short history of the Basic Income idea.- Part II: Some of the likely effects of Basic Income.- Chapter 4: Employment market effects of Basic Income.- Chapter 5: Social effects of Basic Income.- Chapter 6: The health case for Basic Income.- Chapter 7: Some effects of Basic Income on economic variables.- Chapter 8: Ecological effects of Basic Income.- Chapter 9: The gender effects of a Basic Income.- Chapter 10: Basic Income for development and peacebuilding in post-conflict settings.- Part III: The feasibility and implementation of Basic Income.- Chapter 11: Feasibility and implementation.- Chapter 12: Alternative funding methods.- Chapter 13: Analysis of the financial effects of Basic Income.- Chapter 14: Public opinion on Basic Income: What have we learnt so far?.-Chapter 15: Alternatives to Basic Income.- Part IV: Pilot projects and other experiments.- Chapter 16: The Negative Income Tax experiments of the 1970s.- Chapter 17: Citizen's Basic Income in Brazil: The reality of pilot experiences.- Chapter 18: Basic Income by default: Lessons from Iran's 'cash subsidy' programme.- Chapter 19: The Namibian Basic Income Grant Pilot.- Chapter 20: Pilots, evidence, and politics: The Basic Income debate in India.- Chapter 21: A primer on the Finnish Basic Income experiment: From design and implementation to evaluation and impact.- Chapter 22: A variety of experiments.- Chapter 23: Current and recent Basic Income and Guaranteed Income pilots in the United States.- Chapter 24: Problems with pilot projects.- Part V: Political and ethical perspectives.- Chapter 25: Libertarian perspectives on Basic Income.- Chapter 26: Socialist arguments for Basic Income.- Chapter 27: Neither left nor right.- Chapter 28: Trade unions and Basic Income.- Chapter 29: The ethics of Basic Income.- Part VI: Concluding chapter.- Chapter 30: Tentative conclusions.