Overview
- Presents the global Basic Income debate which is now widespread
- Is based on conference papers, previously published chapters, and other previously published articles
- Discusses the aspects of a debate that are the subject of frequent consultation and discussion
Part of the book series: Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee (BIG)
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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What, Why and How in the United Kingdom
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About this book
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?’
This book is not yet another general introduction to Basic Income. There are already plenty of those. It is entirely about those aspects of the debate about which there is most discussion and sometimes the most conflict. It is based on conference papers, previously published chapters, and other previously published articles, working papers, and reports: material that has already benefited from consultation and debate, as is appropriate for a book about aspects of a debate that are the subject of frequent consultation and discussion.
Reviews
“A clear and systematic exploration of a wide range of issues in the evaluation of the idea of Basic Income and of various Basic Income implementation schemes. Torry’s essays bring admirable clarity and precision to the discussion of the terms and concepts necessary to understanding the nuances of different perspectives on unconditional, universal, and individual cash transfers. The book manages to be simultaneously useful to experts and accessible to newcomers to the topic”
--Almaz Zelleke, Professor of Practice in Political Science, New York University Shanghai
“In an atmosphere where there is so much confusion about what a genuine basic income is, this collection of essays by Dr Malcolm Torry is welcome and much needed. He masterfully and elegantly separates the grain from the chaff. It is timely and answers the critical questions that the idea of basic income evokes. Having been invested in this radical idea for several decades, DrTorry brings authority, conviction, and simplicity into these essays. This is a ‘must read’ as much to scholars and policymakers as to lay people.”
--Dr. Sarath Davala is an Indian sociologist and currently the chair of the Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN).
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Malcolm Torry is a visiting fellow at the Institute for Policy Research at the University of Bath and a trustee and treasurer of the Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN). He was previously the director of the Citizen’s Basic Income Trust and a senior visiting fellow at the London School of Economics.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Basic Income—What, Why, and How?
Book Subtitle: Aspects of the Global Basic Income Debate
Authors: Malcolm Torry
Series Title: Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14248-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-14247-5Published: 26 October 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-14250-5Published: 27 October 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-14248-2Published: 25 October 2022
Series ISSN: 2662-3803
Series E-ISSN: 2662-3811
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 347
Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations
Topics: Labor Economics, Social Policy, Politics of the Welfare State, Social Work and Community Development, Comparative Social Policy