
The Palgrave International Handbook of Basic Income
Description
This handbook brings together scholars from various disciplines and from around the world to examine the history, characteristics, effects, viability and implementation of basic income.
The first edition of this book contributed a comprehensive treatment of multiple aspects of the basic income debate. This updated, expanded edition tackles new topics that are becoming increasingly prominent in the global debate. New chapters are devoted to recent research on the history of basic income; the development and peacemaking potential of basic income in conflict zones; municipal experiments in the United States; requirements for pilot projects and experiments; and the public health implications of basic income. Existing chapters on the implementation of basic income have also been substantially updated to take account of new research on microsimulation, land value tax, local currencies, and blockchain technology and cryptocurrency, along with new material on the increasing use ofopinion polls and the difficulties related to that. New political and ethical perspectives on the role of trade unions and their increasing engagement with the basic income debate are also introduced, while the section on pilot projects and experiments has been updated to cover recent political developments.Fully updated to reflect new global developments in the basic income debate, this handbook will be of interest to researchers, teachers and research-oriented policymakers in a range of fields.
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"I congratulate Malcolm Torry on this second edition of what clearly has proved to be an indispensable resource for anyone with any interest in the increasingly fast-moving debates around Basic Income and in the growing number of pilots and experiments that throw light on its potential but which, the editor explains, have to be understood in their context." (- The Baroness Ruth Lister of Burtersett , Loughborough University, UK)
"A highly recommended and welcome second edition, taking account of new research and with new chapters and chapter sections. It provides an up-to-date Handbook for the growing number of researchers, policymakers and campaigners involved in a Basic Income global debate." (- Rubén Lo Vuolo , Senior Researcher at the Interdisciplinary Centre for the Study of Public Policies, Argentina)
"This second edition of the
Handbook
captures the state-of-art in Basic Income debates around the world. It surveys the rapid growthof international interest and the spread of field experiments in Basic Income, and critically discusses the different dimensions of the concept. The chapter authors constitute an impressive list of leading scholars of Basic Income. It is a very valuable resource." (-
Nick Pearce
, Director of the Institute for Policy Research and Professor of Public Policy, University of Bath, UK)
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Malcolm Torry is the Director of the Citizen's Basic Income Trust and Visiting Senior Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK. His research interests include the reform of the benefits system, and particularly the Basic Income debate.
Content
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.