Instead of the Dole: An Enquiry into Integration of the Tax and Benefit Systems
In: Routledge Library Editions: Taxation Ser v.6
Cover -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction and Summary -- Part 1 Social security at a crossroads -- 1 No system can last forever -- 2 Flaws in the Beveridge Plan -- 3 Further flaws in the post World War Two legislation -- 4 1948-88: Genesis of an underclass -- 5 New concepts -- Part 2 Integration -- 6 Forwards or backwards? -- 7 Moves towards integration -- 8 Mechanics of integration -- 9 Basic income -- 10 Negative income tax -- Part 3 Partial integration -- 11 Hybrid schemes -- 12 The Liberal Party Tax-Credit Scheme -- 13 Patrick Minford's "Efficient Relief of Poverty -- 14 Basic Income Guarantee (BIG) -- 15 SDP Tax and Benefit proposals -- Part 4 Assessment -- 16 Core issues -- 17 Income redistribution -- 18 Work incentives -- Part 5 A strategy for change -- 19 Basic Income 2000 -- 20 Getting from here to there: BIG PHASES 1 and 2 -- Conclusion: The obstacles are political -- Appendix 1 Costing basic income -- Appendix 2 Redistributive effects of integration: model family analysis -- Appendix 3 Estimated costs of UK personal income tax allowances and reliefs, 1985-86 and 1987-88 -- Appendix 4 Income distribution, GB 1985: families with dependent children and retirement pensioners -- Glossary of acronyms and technical terms -- Notes -- References and bibliography -- Index
