Karl Widerquist, Jose Noguera, Yannick Vanderborght, and Jurgen De Wispelaere (eds.), August 2013. Basic Income: An Anthology of Contemporary Research, Oxford: Wiley- Blackwell
The publisher's U.S. webpage for this book is: http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1405158107.html
The publisher's E.U. webpage for this book is:
http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1405158107.html
Guinevere Liberty Nell, Basic Income and the Free Market: Austrian Economics and the Potential for Efficient Redistribution
This book is collection of essays by economists
and political scientists, each with an interest in arguments of
the Austrian school of economics. The book, Basic Income and the Free
Market, outlines Austrian arguments for and against the BIG.
According to the publisher, it includes critiques of Austrian
theory from market-socialist and post-Keynesian perspectives that
lead to defense of the BIG; critiques of BIG that consider
Austrian and other heterodox theory; comparisons of the policy to
proposals by others, such as Milton Friedman's negative income
tax; pragmatic arguments for the policy; and proposals which
discuss complex systems theory (which is embraced by 'left' and
'right' thinkers alike) and its relationship to Hayek's
spontaneous order.
The collection opens a dialog between Austrian and other heterodox
economists as well as between 'classical liberal,' libertarian,
and left-leaning or socialist political scientists and
policymakers. The authors discuss whether the BIG could offer an
alternative to both laissez-faire and existing welfare systems in
developed countries, which are often criticized by both advocates
and critics of laissez-faire, opening a constructive dialog in
policy discussion. Included in this discussion is a systematic
critique of pure laissez-faire interpretations of Austrian theory,
and the analysis of the addition of a BIG to pure laissez-faire in
the place of existing interventionist systems. Proposals making
this case form the first section, followed by rebuttals and
proposals against the policy, and rejoinders.
Guinevere Liberty Nell, Basic
Income and the Free Market: Austrian Economics and the Potential
for Efficient Redistribution, Palgrave Macmillan, August
2013
http://us.macmillan.com/basicincomeandthefreemarket/GuinevereLibertyNell
Philippe Van Parijs, "The Universal Basic Income: Why Utopian Thinking Matters, and How Sociologists Can Contribute to It"
ABSTRACT: Utopian thinking consists of formulating proposals for radical reforms, justifying them on the basis of normative principles combined with the best possible scientific analysis of the root causes of the problems the proposals are meant to address, and subjecting these proposals to unindulgent critical scrutiny. Such utopian thinking is indispensable, and contributing to it is part of sociology's core business. This article illustrates these claims by considering one particular utopian proposal: an unconditional basic income paid to every member of society on an individual basis, without means test or work requirement. It summarizes the main arguments that support this proposal, mentions a number of contexts in which it is being taken seriously, and sketches a number of ways in which sociological insights and research are crucially relevant to the discussion of the economic and political sustainability of an unconditional basic income.
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