1.Basic Income: What, why, and how? Introductory chapter -- 2.Defining Basic Income -- 3. ‘Unconditional’ and ‘universal’ -- 4. Basic Income and Basic Income schemes -- 5.Basic Income as the preserver and transformation of capitalism -- 6.The mode of delivery is important -- 7.Only for...

This book examines the evolution of basic income policy and research in advanced economies and is divided into two parts. The first section considers the development of basic income as a social policy initiative in advanced (OECD) nations from the 1960s to today. It reviews what the negative...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Emergence of the Basic Income Concept as a Negative Income Tax (the 60s) -- Chapter 3.The Age of Negative Income Tax Experimentation (the 70s) -- Chapter 4. Basic Income Beyond the Negative Income Tax (the 80s and 90s) -- Chapter 5. Basic Income in the 21st...

Hintergründe zur Diskussion über das GrundeinkommenDie Idee des Grundeinkommens als von der Arbeitsleistung unabhängiger Einkommensanspruch an die Gesellschaft findet in allen politischen Lagern Zustimmung. Sie ist aber auch Gegenstand intensiver Debatten. Umso wichtiger erscheint eine...