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Alternatywy dla dochodu podstawowego: przegląd krytyczny
Alternatives to basic income: a critical review

Author(s): Guy Standing
Contributor(s): Tomasz Płomiński (Translator)
Subject(s): Economic development, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: basic income; job guarantee; social insurance; social justice; workfare

Summary/Abstract: A chapter of Guy Standing's book „Basic Income: And How Can We Make It Happen”. The author analyses several policies aimed at dealing with economic crises, inequality and poverty: minimum wage, contributory social insurance, means-tested social assistance, subsidized food, tax credits, workfare and job guarantee. He evaluates those policies with regard to social justice principles and compares them with basic income.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 24
  • Page Range: 15-38
  • Page Count: 24
  • Language: Polish