Matt Zwolinski (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, U, Miranda Perry Fleischer (Professor of Law, Professor of Law, Univer

Universal Basic Income

What Everyone Needs to Know®

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Produktbeschreibung

Universal Basic Income is one of the most talked-about ideas of the 21st century. The motivating idea is simple: give people cash and let them do whatever they want with it. But below the surface of this simplicity lurk a number of challenging questions. How much would a UBI cost? Who would be eligible to receive it? Would it discourage work? Would it contribute to inflation? This book provides an objective, expert guide to these and many other questions about the UBI.

Produktdetails

• WHAT EVERYONE NEEDS TO KNOW
• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Dezember 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 140mm x 211mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 278g
• ISBN-13: 9780197556221
• ISBN-10: 0197556221
• Artikelnr.: 65691285

Autorenporträt

Matt Zwolinski is Professor of Philosophy at the University of San Diego and director of USD's Center for Ethics, Economics, and Public Policy. His research focuses on the intersection of philosophy, law, and economics, with a special interest in issues of exploitation, basic income, and libertarian political theory. He is the editor of Arguing About Political Philosophy, and with Benjamin Ferguson, editor of the Routledge Companion to Libertarianism and the forthcoming Exploitation: Philosophy, Politics, and Economics. With John Tomasi, he the author of The Individualists: Radicals, Reactionaries, and the Struggle for the Soul of Libertarianism. Miranda Perry Fleischer is Professor of Law at the University of San Diego School of Law who was named a 2020-2021 University Professor. Her research focuses on the interaction of distributive justice and tax policy relating to wealth taxation, charitable giving, and redistribution to the poor. She has published numerous articles and book chapters on those subjects, most notably including The Architecture of a Basic Income, 87 U. Chi. L. Rev. 625 and Atlas Nods: The Libertarian Case for a Basic Income, 2017 Wisconsin Law Review 1189.

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction
* Part 1: The Basics
* 1: What is a basic income?
* 2: Who first thought of the idea?
* 3: Who are some recent supporters of a basic income?
* 4. So, has a basic income ever been tried?
* 5: What are the main arguments in favor of a basic income?
* 6: What are the main arguments against a basic income?
* Part 2: How Would it Work?
* 7: How big would it be?
* 8. Would rich people receive a basic income?
* 9: No, really, why are you sending a check to billionaires like Jeff
Bezos?
* 10: Would a basic income replace existing welfare policies or
supplement them?
* 11: How much would a basic income cost?
* 12: How could a basic income be funded?
* 13: Would a basic income be paid to individuals or households?
* 14: Would children receive a basic income?
* 15: Would seniors receive a basic income on top of Social Security
benefits?
* 16: Would immigrants and noncitizens receive a basic income?
* 17: Would a basic income be adjusted for regional differences in cost
of living?
* 18. What's the best level to implement a basic income - a country? A
city? Globally?
* 19: Would a basic income be subject to asset or wealth tests?
* 20: Will people be able to sell or borrow against their basic income?
* 21: How frequently would a basic income be paid?
* 22. Which agency would administer the basic income?
* 23: How would a basic income be delivered to beneficiaries?
* Part 3: Common Alternatives
* 24: How does a basic income compare to traditional welfare programs?
* 25: How does a basic income compare to in-kind or restricted cash
transfers?
* 26: How does a basic income compare to programs for the unemployed
and disabled?
* 27: How does a basic income compare with benefits for workers, like
the Earned Income Tax Credit?
* 28: How does a basic income compare with child allowances or child
tax credits?
* 29: How does a basic income compare to a Negative Income Tax?
* 30: How does a basic income compare with proposals like Baby Bonds or
a Basic Endowment?
* 31: How does a basic income differ from a guaranteed employment
program?
* Part 4: Examples
* 32: Doesn't Alaska have something like a basic income?
* 33: Didn't the United States run some experiments on the basic income
back in the 1970s?
* 34: What about Canada?
* 35: Has a basic income ever been tried in the developing world?
* 36: What are some other current basic income experiments?
* 37: How much can we really learn about a basic income from pilot
programs?
* Part 5: Advantages
* 38: Could a basic income help us deal with increasing automation and
artificial intelligence?
* 39: Could a basic income end poverty?
* 40: Could a basic income reduce inequality?
* 41: Would a basic income be simpler and more efficient?
* 42: Would a basic income enhance autonomy and dignity?
* 43: Could a basic income improve the position of people of color?
* 44: How will a basic income affect families?
* 45: How would a basic income affect communities?
* 46: How would a basic income affect the problem of "bullshit jobs"?
* 47: Could a basic income help us to address environmental problems?
* Part 6: Objections
* 48: Would a basic income be too expensive?
* 49: Would a basic income discourage people from working?
* 50: Why support people who could work but choose not to?
* 51: Won't people just waste cash?
* 52: What about the children of negligent, mentally-ill,
drug-addicted, or alcoholic parents?
* 53: Could a basic income make the poor worse off?
* 54: Will a basic income increase hostility to immigrants?
* 55: Will a basic income cause inflation?
* 56: What happens if someone wastes their basic income and is still
hungry and homeless?
* 57: What would stop a basic income from getting bigger and bigger
over time?
* Part 7: The Politics of a UBI
* 58: Is a basic income politically feasible?
* 59: Is the basic income a socialist idea?
* 60: What do conservatives think about a basic income?
* 61: What have feminists said about a basic income?
* 62: What do progressives think about a basic income?
* 63: What do libertarians think about a basic income?
* 64: Is a basic income likely to be implemented anytime soon?
* 65: Are there any organizations advocating for a basic income?
* 66: Where can I learn more about a basic income?