Money for Everyone: Why We Need a Citizen's Income

ISBN-13: 9781447311256 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 304 str.

Malcolm Torry

Opis

Defining a citizen s income as a basic financial provision to which all citizens should have an unconditional right, Malcolm Torry examines its potential social and economic advantages in a British context. He argues that the establishment of a citizen s income would reduce inequality; enhance individual freedom; improve social cohesion, family life, the economy, and the employment market; and be simple and inexpensive to administer. Informed by a comparative analysis of other countries approaches to poverty and inequality, "Money for Everyone"makes a valuable and timely contribution to current debates about the United Kingdom s public benefits system."

Spis treści

A note on terminology; Imagine …; How did we get to where we are now?; Why do some reform proposals succeed, and some fail?; How might we implement a Citizen’s Income?; Has it ever happened?; Criteria for a benefits system: coherence and administrative simplicity; Criteria for a benefits system: the family, then, now, and in the future; Criteria for a benefits system: incentives, efficiency, and dignity; Criteria for a benefits system: the labour market, then, now, and in the future; Would people work?; Would a Citizen’s Income be an answer to poverty, inequality, and injustice?; Who should receive a Citizen’s Income?; Is a Citizen’s Income politically feasible?; Can we afford a Citizen’s Income?; Alternatives to a Citizen’s Income; What can a Citizen’s Income not cope with?; A brief summary; Afterword.