"While there is no denying that the world has made huge progress against absolute poverty over the last 200 years, until recent times the bulk of that progress had been made in wealthy countries only. The good news is that we have seen greater progress against poverty in the developing world in...

In the midst of growing criticism of current economic orthodoxies and welfare systems, basic income is growing in popularity. This is the first book to discuss existing at examples of basic income, in both rich and poor countries, and to consider its prospects in other places around the world.

Das Drama unserer Gegenwart hat einen Namen: Externalisierung. Die meisten Menschen in den Industrienationen leben über ihre Verhältnisse. Umweltlasten und Sozialkosten werden "externalisiert", verschoben - an die Armen im reichen Norden, an die Ärmsten im Süden sowieso. Der Wohlfahrtsstaat...