A Basic Income Handbook
Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- A note about terminology -- Preface - how this book came to be written -- The structure of the book -- Acknowledgements -- Part I Philosophical and Political Arguments -- Chapter 1 Introduction: How did we get from there to here? -- Imagine… -- Why we need a BI system to replace the current Social Security System -- The post World War ii consensus welfare reforms - how did we get from there to here? -- Why not just improve the current social security system? -- Our social security system is not fit for purpose - cut the Gordian knot -- Chapter 2 Values and vision: the objectives -- What sort of society? -- Justification for a social security system -- What objectives and outcomes could an income maintenance system help to achieve? -- The case for vertical redistribution of income -- Who are the rich? -- Part II Theory and Evidence -- Chapter 3 The internal structure and design features of income maintenance systems -- Townsend's three principles -- The design features of income maintenance systems -- Comparison of some different income maintenance systems -- Basic Incomes -- Chapter 4 The effects of individual assessment on women's lives: the unit for assessment and delivery of benefits - joint or individual? -- The Marriage laws -- Financial dependents -- Household Economies of Scale - incentive to share accommodation -- Effect of BI on women's lives -- INDIA 2011-13 -- Chapter 5 Migration - and giving a BI to rich people -- Defining the population -- Migration -- Giving a BI to rich people to protect the poor: Eligibility - targeted or universal? -- Why benefits should not be means-tested -- ALASKA 1976 - -- Chapter 6 When is discrimination justified? Entitlement: selective or non-selective benefits -- Selectivity.