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Basic Income Guarantee

Part of the Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee Book Series

DOI: 10.1057/9781137031594

ISBN: 978-1-349-43481-7

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US - Springer Journals

Nov 12, 2015

1 - 10 of 22 Chapters

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Chapter 1Introduction: It’s Time to Think BIG

Sheahen, Allan

Pages: 1 –2

[The idea of a Basic Income Guarantee (BIG) has been called both a new hope for America and a threat to democracy; a creative new social program and the most stupid idea of all time; inspired legislation and a giant boondoggle; economic security for everyone and a free handout to welfare...
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Chapter 2So What’s the BIG Idea?

Sheahen, Allan

Pages: 3 –6

[It’s a plan based on the principle that everyone has the right to live. A Basic Income Guarantee (BIG) is a government program to ensure every citizen’s basic economic security. All adult Americans would receive, without means-test or work requirement, an income sufficient for food, shelter, and...
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Chapter 3Why Did We Lose the War on Poverty?

Sheahen, Allan

Pages: 7 –11

[Under the names of Guaranteed Income and the Negative Income Tax, the idea of a Basic Income Guarantee (BIG) seemed to appear out of nowhere and onto the mainstream policy agenda in the mid-1960s. The idea had been discussed in academic circles as far back as the 1940s, but suddenly academics,...
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Chapter 4Did You Know?

Sheahen, Allan

Pages: 13 –18
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Chapter 5Why Are Jobs Not the Answer?

Sheahen, Allan

Pages: 19 –29

[We have entered a new era.]
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Chapter 6Why Is There So Much Inequality in the United States?

Sheahen, Allan

Pages: 31 –47

[In September 2011, thousands of people gathered spontaneously in Zuccotti Park in New York City to protest growing income inequality and what some called “the loss of our democracy.”]
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Chapter 7How Do Other Countries Handle Economic Security?

Sheahen, Allan

Pages: 49 –53

[As a percentage of national output, the United States ranks 25th in the world in social welfare spending (see table 7.1).]
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Chapter 8Why Should the United States Adopt a Basic Income Guarantee?

Sheahen, Allan

Pages: 55 –59

[Everyone has the right to live.]
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Chapter 9Is a Basic Income Guarantee Moral?

Sheahen, Allan

Pages: 61 –65

[Yes. There’s a moral obligation to provide every man, woman, and child with a decent level of living.]
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Chapter 10Why Should I Work to Support Welfare Chiselers?

Sheahen, Allan

Pages: 67 –70

[You shouldn’t. And you won’t.]

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