The perils of basic income
Ambiguous Opportunities for the Implementation of a Utopian Proposal
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6327705 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bill Jordan (University of Plymouth, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 101-114 |
| Publication date | 2011-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Policy & Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0305-5736 • E-ISSN: 1470-8442 |
| Publisher | Bristol University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1332/030557311x546343 |
| OpenAlex | W2314879674 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
The oft-repeated accusation of utopianism against basic income advocates is contradicted by evidence that aspects of this proposal may be entering the social policy mainstream. But – as in every sphere of public policy – the measures proposed are compromised with other longstanding principles. Using the example of the tax-benefit reforms scheduled to be introduced in the United Kingdom (UK), this article argues that there are risks of undesirable consequences (in terms of justice and equal citizenship) from the adoption of such partial versions of the scheme, but that they represent necessary first steps towards the gains claimed for a full basic income
Basic income · Citizenship · Economic Justice · Economics · False accusation · Law and economics · Mainstream · Market economy · Neoclassical economics · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Public economics · Social justice · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Law · Social Policy and Reform Studies
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,36 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2019 (5) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |