Testing Different Routes to a Basic Income Scheme.
This article will explore a variety of aspects of the recent debate on Basic Income, particularly in relation to the United Kingdom; it will discuss financial feasibility; describe a variety of feasibility tests; and describe several different routes that Basic Income might take from concept to impl...
| Publicado en: | Social Alternatives Vol. 38; no. 2; pp. 47 - 54 |
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