Feasibility of Financing a Basic Income
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Jordi Arcarons
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Lluís Torrens Mèlich
Abstract
This article describes the main results obtained from a microsimulation model designed by the authors in order to analyze the possibilities of financing a Basic Income (BI) in the territory of Catalonia on the basis of information provided by the IRPF (personal income tax) system. The BI proposal guarantees the material existence of the population and is not only desirable but also feasible.
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- Frontmatter
- Research Articles
- A Feminist Way to Unconditional Basic Income: Claimants Unions and Women’s Liberation Movements in 1970s Britain
- Good and Bad Times of Social Innovations: The Case of Universal Basic Income in Finland
- The Foundations and Funding of Basic Income as Primary Income
- Feasibility of Financing a Basic Income
- A First Approach to the Cost of a Basic Social Benefit
- Basic Income and Negative Income Tax: A Comparison with a Simulation Model
- Book Reviews
- Money for Everyone: Why We Need a Citizen’s Income
- Guy Standing: The Precariat: The New Dangerous Class
- Guy Standing: “Getting What We Need” a Review of The Precariat Charter: From Denizens to Citizens
