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Welfare Doesn't Work: The Promises of Basic Income for a Failed American Safety Net

Posted By: AvaxGenius
Date: 3 Jun 2023 20:07:37
Welfare Doesn't Work: The Promises of Basic Income for a Failed American Safety Net

Welfare Doesn't Work: The Promises of Basic Income for a Failed American Safety Net by Leah Hamilton
English | EPUB (True) | 2020 | 154 Pages | ISBN : 3030371204 | 0.43 MB

This book explores the incentives and effects of modern welfare policy, contrasted with outcomes of global basic income pilots in the past seventy years. The author contends that paternalistic and counterproductive eligibility rules in the modern American welfare state violate the human dignity of the poor and make it nearly impossible to escape the “poverty trap.” Furthermore, these types of restrictions are absent from expenditures aimed at middle and upper-income households such as mortgage interest deductions and tax-sheltered retirement accounts.
Case examples from the author's years as a front-line social worker and interviews with basic income pilot recipients in Ontario, Canada, are woven throughout the book to better illustrate the effects of the current system and the hidden potential of more radical alternatives such as a universal basic income.
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The Popularity of Basic Income: Evidence from the Polls

Posted By: AvaxGenius
Date: 7 May 2023 04:12:40
The Popularity of Basic Income: Evidence from the Polls

The Popularity of Basic Income: Evidence from the Polls by Tijs Laenen
English | PDF EPUB (True) | 2023 | 366 Pages | ISBN : 3031293517 | 18.3 MB

This book provides a state-of-the-art overview of the popularity of basic income among the general public. Using data from a wide array of public opinion polls conducted in different countries and years, the book first charts popular support for the ideal-typical version of basic income, broadly defined as a "periodic cash payment unconditionally delivered to all on an individual basis, without means-test or work requirement”. On top of that, the book maps popular support for the many other, differently designed varieties of basic income that are part of real-world proposals, pilots, and experiments – including, for example, a participation income, a negative income tax, and a stakeholder grant. By investigating how and why support for different types of basic income varies across countries, evolves over time, and differs between individuals with different characteristics, this book offers crucial information about the political constituencies that can be mobilized in favor of (or against) the introduction of basic income, thereby contributing to our knowledge on the political feasibility of basic income.
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Basic Income—What, Why, and How?: Aspects of the Global Basic Income Debate

Posted By: AvaxGenius
Date: 28 Oct 2022 19:24:30
Basic Income—What, Why, and How?: Aspects of the Global Basic Income Debate

Basic Income—What, Why, and How?: Aspects of the Global Basic Income Debate by Malcolm Torry
English | PDF,EPUB | 2022 | 349 Pages | ISBN : 3031142470 | 8.3 MB

The global Basic Income debate is now widespread, diverse, and relatively well resourced by academic and more popular literature: but that does not mean that there is universal agreement about every topic of discussion. In fact, there is still a quite heated debate about some of the most basic questions, such as ‘What is a Basic Income?’ ‘What’s the point?’, and ‘Is it feasible?
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Common Wealth Dividends: History and Theory

Posted By: AvaxGenius
Date: 6 Jul 2021 16:56:30
Common Wealth Dividends: History and Theory

Common Wealth Dividends: History and Theory by Brent Ranalli
English | PDF,EPUB | 2021 | 186 Pages | ISBN : 3030724158 | 3.7 MB

“This book blazes a new frontier in economic thinking: the potential use of co-inherited wealth to pay lifelong dividends to everyone. It is must-reading for heterodox economists—and anyone else seeking ways to share the fruits of markets more equitably.”
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Is Basic Income Within Reach?: Building the Case Amidst Progress and Poverty

Posted By: AvaxGenius
Date: 26 Mar 2021 15:50:34
Is Basic Income Within Reach?: Building the Case Amidst Progress and Poverty

Is Basic Income Within Reach?: Building the Case Amidst Progress and Poverty by Wayne Simpson
English | EPUB | 2021 | 326 Pages | ISBN : 3030660842 | 2.4 MB

This book examines the evolution of basic income policy and research in advanced economies and is divided into two parts. The first section considers the development of basic income as a social policy initiative in advanced (OECD) nations from the 1960s to today.
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Is Basic Income Within Reach?: Building the Case Amidst Progress and Poverty

Posted By: AvaxGenius
Date: 24 Feb 2021 10:04:49
Is Basic Income Within Reach?: Building the Case Amidst Progress and Poverty

Is Basic Income Within Reach?: Building the Case Amidst Progress and Poverty by Wayne Simpson
English | PDF | 2021 | 326 Pages | ISBN : 3030660842 | 3.6 MB

This book examines the evolution of basic income policy and research in advanced economies and is divided into two parts. The first section considers the development of basic income as a social policy initiative in advanced (OECD) nations from the 1960s to today.
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Basic Income and Sovereign Money: The Alternative to Economic Crisis and Austerity Policy

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Date: 20 Feb 2020 11:58:56
Basic Income and Sovereign Money: The Alternative to Economic Crisis and Austerity Policy

Basic Income and Sovereign Money: The Alternative to Economic Crisis and Austerity Policy by Geoff Crocker
English | PDF,EPUB | 2020 | 105 Pages | ISBN : 3030367479 | 4 MB

“This is a radical, thought-provoking book, which brings together debates that are often kept separate about basic income and 'sovereign money'. You might not agree with all of it, but it makes big arguments and does so with constructive intent: that of proposing alternative ways of organising our economy and welfare states.
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