Basic income between dream and reality
The 'basic income' is in the spotlight: as an answer to technology that destroys jobs, as a method for creating more opportunities and less poverty, or as an alternative to the welfare state. This book offers a down-to-earth and critical analysis of what has become a real fashion phenomenon in the meantime. It contests both the desirability and the feasibility of a basic income.
The authors argue that a basic income does not offer an adequate answer to the economic or social challenges of our time. They identify a head-on collision between the basic income and the social contract on which our social security and economic model are based. They see the basic income as an instrument that threatens our opportunities policy and our welfare, rather than supporting it.
This book is available in French and Dutch.
The authors argue that a basic income does not offer an adequate answer to the economic or social challenges of our time. They identify a head-on collision between the basic income and the social contract on which our social security and economic model are based. They see the basic income as an instrument that threatens our opportunities policy and our welfare, rather than supporting it.
This book is available in French and Dutch.
