Increasing inequality and the yawning gap between rich and poor are provokingcriticism of the economic system. This timely volume is the first to discuss both examples of and prospects for basic income, a system of cash transfers, and a new approach to inequality that is gaining in popularity. The book considers experiments in and examples of basic income in such diverse countries as the USA, Namibia and Brazil before looking at the prospects for the introduction of basic income into some other regions and countries, such as East Timor, New Zealand, Germany and South Africa. It provides expert and informative discussion of the operation and forms of basic income in very different social, economic and political circumstances, the improvements it brings to people's lives and the difficulties, challenges and problems that it faces. INDICE: Introduction.PART I: EXPERIMENTS.The Basic Income Guarantee in theUnited States: Past Experience, Current Proposals; K.Widerquist.& .A.Sheahan.Seeing the Sun Rise: The Basic Income Grant Pilot Project in Namibia - Realities and Hopes; C.Haarmann.& .D.Haarmann.Minimum Income in Brazil: A New Model of Innovation Diffusion; D.B.Coêlho.The Case for Basic Income in Canada; E.L.Forget.PART II: PROPOSALS.Basic Income and Republican Freedom in North and South: Financing Proposals for Catalonia and East Timor; D.Cassassas., .J.Wark.& .D.Raventos.The Continuing Politics of Basic Income in South Africa; J.Seekings.& .H.Matisonn.Ireland and the Prospects for Basic Income Reform; S.Healy.& .B.Reynolds.Manifold Possibilities, Peculiar Obstacles - Basic Income in the German Debate; S.Liebermann.Prospects for a Tax-Benefit Reforms in New Zealand that Incorporates a Basic Income; K.Rankin.Basic Income in Australia - A DistantHorizon; J.Tomlinson.Conclusion.
- ISBN: 978-0-230-28542-2
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 288
- Fecha Publicación: 03/08/2012
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Desconocido