Universal basic income: the new political economy of an old idea

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Abstract:: The idea of a universal, unconditional and regular basic income provided to all has a long history and academic lineage. In this chapter, we explore the new political economy of this old idea in the context of enduring and novel labour market challenges, most notably precarity and insecurity, arising from deindustrialisation, globalisation and automation. We show that most existing literature has focused on the normative desirability and economic feasibility of introducing a basic income. Mor...
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University of Oxford

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Social Policy & Intervention

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Language:: English
Keywords:: universal basic income

political economy

SBTMR

experiments

public opinion

labour markets

trade unions

survey
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Pubs id:: 1266518
Local pid:: pubs:1266518
Deposit date:: 2022-07-04

Notes:: Accepted for publication in the Handbook on Labour Market Policy, forthcoming from Edward Elgar.

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