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ONLINE

1st published

In Prague : Epocha, 2022

1 online zdroj (136 stran)

ISBN 978-80-278-1158-8 (online ; pdf)

ISBN 978-80-278-1156-4 (online ; epub)

ISBN 978-80-278-1157-1 (online ; mobi)

ISBN 978-80-278-0063-6 (print)

This book offers an introduction to the important idea and practice of unconditional basic income, which is becoming a topic increasingly discussed not only among researchers but also among citizens and the politicians who represent them. The topic is also increasingly making its way into the mass media.Unconditional basic income is a financial sum that is provided to all citizens (or otherwise legally defined residents) by the state (or a city, a county etc.) at regular intervals (usually monthly) without any conditions being attached, i.e. regardless of whether the citizen has other income from wages or other sources, regardless of age, sex and gender, marital status or other characteristics. The provision of a basic income enables citizens’ basic needs to be met and their creative potential to be unlocked for their other activities which could then significantly raise their standard of living. This book discusses basic income by presenting the main arguments and experiments with basic income in Europe, the Americas, Africa, and Asia. Basic income offers the possibility of a major social and civilizational change for all..

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Introduction ...7 // (1) Opening interview: Fundamental social change ...13 - Marek Hrubec, Martin Brabec, Markéta Minářová, Jan Rovensky // (2) The main arguments: To each according to her or his basic needs ...29 - Marek Hrubec and Martin Brabec // Basic definition ...30 // Employment and unemployment as liberation ...32 // Recognition of care ...34 // Transfer of power in employment ...36 // Poverty elimination and the welfare state ...38 // Transnational dimensions ...39 // Financing a basic income ...41 // Gradual introduction of basic income ...43 // Towards a fundamental social change ...45 // (3) The experiments in the world: All over the planet.47 - Marek Hrubec, Martin Brabec, Markéta Minářová // Europe ...50 // The Netherlands, Finland, Ireland, Germany, Scotland The Americas ...65 // Brazil, Alaska, Canada, the USA // Africa ...87 // Kenya, Namibia, South Africa, Uganda // Asia ...96 // India, Iran, Macao // The global level: The United Nations ...103 // (4) The history: The pioneers of basic income ...107 - Markéta Minářová // Thomas More ...109 // Joannes Lodovicus Vives ...113 // Thomas Paine ...118 // Bertrand Russell ...121 // Martin Luther King ...124 // References ...127 // Notes on authors ...135