Basic Income and the Labor Contract
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Claus Offe
The paper starts by exploring the negative contingencies that are associated with the core institution of capitalist societies, the labor contract: unemployment, poverty, and denial of autonomy. It argues that these are the three conditions that basic income schemes can help prevent. Next, the three major normative arguments are discussed that are raised in opposition to basic income proposals: the idle should not be rewarded, the prosperous don't need it, and there are so many things waiting to be done in the world. After demonstrating that proponents of basic income stand in no way empty-handed when facing these objections, a third part considers basic income in functional terms: would its introduction help to resolve problems of social and economic order that are unlikely to be resolved in more conventional ways?
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Front Matter
- Content
- From the Editors
- List of Contributors
- Research Article
- Basic Income and the Labor Contract
- How Cash Transfers Promote the Case for Basic Income
- Basic Income and the Canadian Welfare State: Exploring the Realms of Possibility
- Book Review
- Review of Joel F. Handler and Yeheskel Hasenfeld, Blame Welfare, Ignore Poverty and Inequality
- Review of Charles Murray, In Our Hands: A Plan to Replace the Welfare State
- Review of Paul Kershaw, Carefair: Rethinking the Responsibilities and Rights of Citizenship
Artikel in diesem Heft
- Front Matter
- Content
- From the Editors
- List of Contributors
- Research Article
- Basic Income and the Labor Contract
- How Cash Transfers Promote the Case for Basic Income
- Basic Income and the Canadian Welfare State: Exploring the Realms of Possibility
- Book Review
- Review of Joel F. Handler and Yeheskel Hasenfeld, Blame Welfare, Ignore Poverty and Inequality
- Review of Charles Murray, In Our Hands: A Plan to Replace the Welfare State
- Review of Paul Kershaw, Carefair: Rethinking the Responsibilities and Rights of Citizenship
