Debating Universal Basic Income: Pros, Cons, and Alternatives - Couverture souple

Wright, Robert E.; Przegalińska, Aleksandra

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 3031175158 ISBN 13 : 9783031175152

Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan, 2023

Synopsis

This book presents the most compelling arguments for and against implementing a basic income guarantee today, in the voice of proponents and critics, in alternating chapters. Tables, figures, and pictures illustrate the key concepts and evidence, which include benefit cliffs and disincentive deserts, time series macroeconomic data, business, economic, and technological change (BETC), artificial intelligence and other general purpose technologies, along with advanced robotics, the environmental Kuznets Curve, income distributions, democracy, social justice, dependence, autonomy, and economic freedom. A neutral, non-partisan tone introduction defines UBI and covers the history of universal income plans, while the conclusion summarizes the main arguments for and against UBI before surveying alternative policies, including universal basic asset, credit, service, job, and training plans.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Robert E. Wright Ph.D. is a Senior Faculty Fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research (AIER) and the (co)author of 24 books on economic policy and history.

Aleksandra Przegalińska Ph.D. is an Associate Professor and Vice-President of Kozminski University, Poland. Aleksandra is responsible for International Relations and ESR as well as Senior Research Associate at the Harvard Labour and Worklife Program. Aleksandra is the head of the Human-Machine Interaction Research Center at Kozminski University and the Leader of the AI in Management Program. Until recently, she conducted post-doctoral research at the Center for Collective Intelligence at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston. She graduated from The New School for Social Research in New York. She is the co-author of Collaborative Society.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Palgrave Macmillan
• Date d'édition: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3031175158
• ISBN 13: 9783031175152
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 156
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