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Classical Liberalism and the Basic Income
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Matt Zwolinski
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January 19, 2012
This article provides a brief overview of the relationship between libertarian political theory and the Basic Income (BI). It distinguishes between different forms of libertarianism and argues that at least one form, classical liberalism, is compatible with and provides some grounds of support for BI. A classical liberal BI, however, is likely to be much smaller than the sort of BI defended by those on the political left. And there are both contingent-empirical and principled-moral reasons for doubting that the classical liberal case for BI will be ultimately successful.
Keywords: classical liberalism; exploitation; immigration; libertarianism; basic income; universal welfare; welfare policy; welfare reform; welfare state
Published Online: 2012-1-19
©2012 Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin/Boston
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Keywords for this article
classical liberalism;
exploitation;
immigration;
libertarianism;
basic income;
universal welfare;
welfare policy;
welfare reform;
welfare state
Articles in the same Issue
- Front Matter
- List of Contributors
- Content
- Book Review
- Review of Gijs van Donselaar, The Right to Exploit: Parasitism, Scarcity, Basic Income
- Review of Doris Schroeder, Work Incentives and Welfare Provision: The "Pathological" Theory of Unemployment
- Introduction: What is Libertarianism?
- A Lockean Argument for Basic Income
- Locke on Basic Income
- Taking the "G" out of BIG: A Comparative Political Economy Perspective on Basic Income
- Classical Liberalism and the Basic Income
- Basic Income Is Not an Obligation, But It Might Be a Legitimate Choice
- Two Libertarian Arguments for Basic Income Proposals
- Libertarianism and the Justice of a Basic Income
