This open access contributed volume connects the moral arguments for universal basic income (UBI) with the empirical evidence from recent experiments. Examining the costs and benefits of various models, the book bridges the gap between the moral arguments for, and the empirical evidence from,...

Chapter One: Rethinking Basic Income: Welfare Principles, Institutional Contexts, and Job Search Behaviour -- Chapter Two: Basic income principles, welfare mechanisms and labour market responses -- Chapter three: Empirical evidence from Basic Income experiment -- Chapter Four: Using qualitative...

Part I: Introductory chapters -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: The definition and characteristics of Basic Income -- Chapter 3: A short history of the Basic Income idea -- Part II: Some of the likely effects of Basic Income -- Chapter 4: Employment market effects of Basic Income --...

1. Introduction: Financing Approaches to Basic Income. By Richard Pereira -- Part I: Foundations for a Basic Income Guarantee (BIG) -- 2. The Cost of Universal Basic Income: Public Savings and Programme Redundancy Exceed Cost. By Richard Pereira -- 3. Unconditional Basic Income in Portugal: How...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2: The Problem Of Property -- Chapter 3: Lockean Property Theory: A Menu Of Options For The Justification Of Unilateral Appropriation -- Chapter 4: Lockean Appropriation Assessed -- Chapter 5: Right-Libertarian Appropriation Assessed -- Chapter 6: The...

1. Introduction: How Popular is Basic Income? -- 1.1. Basic income: From a disarmingly simple idea to a deceptively simple one -- 1.2. The popularity of basic income -- 2. Popular Support for the Ideal-typical Basic Income -- 2.1. Across the board -- 2.2. Individual differences -- 3. Popular...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Part 1: Biblical Implication regarding Basic Income -- Chapter 2: Two foundations of the Theory of Basic Income: Natural Rights and Biblical Laws -- Chapter 3: A Reflection for “Anyone Unwilling to Work” (2 Thessalonians 3:10) from the Perspective of Basic Income...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Part 1. What we have learned from the interviews -- Chapter 2. The goal, context, and methods behind our case studies -- Chapter 3. What do our case studies tell us? -- Part 2. New questions the interviews have raised -- Chapter 4. The decision to implement UBI...

This book brings together insights and reflections following a set of interviews conducted with the main stakeholders involved in past, current, and future basic income experiments. It provides an analysis of some of the major elements and factors influencing experiments, as well of some of...

1.Basic Income: What, why, and how? Introductory chapter -- 2.Defining Basic Income -- 3. ‘Unconditional’ and ‘universal’ -- 4. Basic Income and Basic Income schemes -- 5.Basic Income as the preserver and transformation of capitalism -- 6.The mode of delivery is important -- 7.Only for...