Ebook: Basic Income A Radical Proposal for a Free Society and a Sane Economy

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Prologue -- 1. The Instrument of Freedom -- 2. Basic Income and Its Cousins -- 3. Prehistory: Public Assistance and Social Insurance -- 4. History: From Utopian Dream to Worldwide Movement -- 5. Ethically Justifiable? Free Riding Versus Fair Shares -- 6. Economically Sustainable? Funding, Experiments, and Transitions -- 7. Politically Achievable? Civil Society, Parties, and the Back Door -- 8. Viable in the Global Era? Multi-Level Basic Income -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index