Basic Income Guarantee
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Basic Income Guarantee

Your Right to Economic Security

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eBook - PDF

Basic Income Guarantee

Your Right to Economic Security

About this book

A Basic Income Guarantee (BIG) is the unconditional government-ensured guarantee that all citizens will have enough income to meet their basic needs without a work requirement. Significant questions include: Why should we adopt a BIG? Can the U.S. afford it? Why don't the current welfare programs work? Why not guarantee everyone a job? Would anyone work if his or her income were guaranteed? Has a BIG ever been tested? This book answers these questions and many more in simple, easy-to-understand language.

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Information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2012
Print ISBN
9781137005700
eBook ISBN
9781137031594
Topic
Economics
Subtopic
International Business
Index
Economics

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. List of Tables
  7. Preface
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. Prologue
  10. 1 Introduction: It’s Time to Think BIG
  11. 2 So What’s the BIG Idea?
  12. 3 Why Did We Lose the War on Poverty?
  13. 4 Did You Know?
  14. 5 Why Are Jobs Not the Answer?
  15. 6 Why Is There So Much Inequality in the United States?
  16. 7 How Do Other Countries Handle Economic Security?
  17. 8 Why Should the United States Adopt a Basic Income Guarantee?
  18. 9 Is a Basic Income Guarantee Moral?
  19. 10 Why Should I Work to Support Welfare Chiselers?
  20. 11 Why Not Guarantee Everyone a Job?
  21. 12 Why Not Try Other Programs?
  22. 13 Can the United States Afford a Basic Income Guarantee?
  23. 14 Will a Basic Income Guarantee Work?
  24. 15 Has the Basic Income Guarantee Ever Been Tested?
  25. 16 What about the Work Ethic?
  26. 17 What Will Life Be Like under a Basic Income Guarantee?
  27. 18 Will a Basic Income Guarantee Threaten Democracy?
  28. 19 How Is a Basic Income Guarantee Administered?
  29. 20 What’s Happening with BIG around the World?
  30. 21 Can America Be Convinced?
  31. 22 Realistically, What Are the Chances for a BIG in the United States?
  32. Appendix A The Cost of a Basic Income Guarantee
  33. Appendix B Current Social Welfare Programs
  34. Appendix C A Brief History of a Basic Income Guarantee
  35. Appendix D Alternate Forms of a Basic Income Guarantee
  36. Appendix E Resources
  37. Appendix F Suggested Reading
  38. Notes
  39. Index