Is a Universal Basic Income the answer to an increasingly precarious job landscape? Could it bring greater financial freedom for women, tackle the issue of unpaid but essential work, cut poverty and promote greater choice? Or is it a dead-end utopian ideal that distracts from more practical and cost-effective solutions? Contributors from musician Brian Eno, think tank Demos Helsinki, innovators such as California’s Y Combinator Research and prominent academics such as Peter Beresford OBE and Baroness Ruth Lister CBE offer a variety of perspectives from across the globe on the politics and feasibility of basic income. Sharing research and insights from a variety of nations - including India, Finland, Uganda, Brazil and Canada - the collection provides a comprehensive guide to the impact this innovative idea could have on work, welfare and inequality in the 21st century.

With contributions by:

  • Bruna Augusto
  • Ursula Barry
  • Jonathan Bartley (UK Green Party)
  • Roderick Benns
  • Peter Beresford OBE
  • Marcus Brancaglione
  • Brenton Caffin (Nesta)
  • Sarath Davala
  • Toby Deller
  • Alexander de Roo
  • Amy Downes
  • Uffe Elbæk (Alternativet)
  • Brian Eno
  • Martin Ford
  • GiveDirectly
  • Ian Gough
  • Dr Louise Haagh
  • Olivia Hanks (Norwich Radical)
  • Andrew Harrop (Fabian Society)
  • Anke Hassel
  • Steven Janssens (Eight)
  • Soumya Kapoor Mehta
  • Stewart Lansley
  • Otto Lehto
  • Avi Lewis
  • Ruth Lister
  • Caroline Lucas (UK Green Party)
  • Katie McKenna
  • Francine Mestrum
  • Annie Miller
  • Roope Mokka (Demos Helsinki)
  • Chris Oestereich
  • Vanessa Olorenshaw
  • Anthony Painter (Royal Society of Arts, London)
  • Katariina Rantanen
  • Howard Reed
  • Jonathan Reynolds MP
  • Elizabeth Rhodes (Y Combinator)
  • Eduardo Rodriguez Montemayor (INSEAD)
  • The Leap Manifesto
  • The ReCivitas Institute
  • Dr Malcolm Torry (Citizen’s Income Trust)
  • Jenna van Draanen
  • Philippe van Parijs
  • Karl Widerquist
  • Ed Whitfield
  • Matt Zwolinski
  • Bruna Augusto
  • Ursula Barry
  • Jonathan Bartley (UK Green Party)
  • Roderick Benns
  • Peter Beresford OBE
  • Marcus Brancaglione
  • Brenton Caffin (Nesta)
  • Sarath Davala
  • Toby Deller
  • Alexander de Roo
  • Amy Downes
  • Uffe Elbæk (Alternativet)
  • Brian Eno
  • Martin Ford
  • GiveDirectly
  • Ian Gough
  • Dr Louise Haagh
  • Olivia Hanks (Norwich Radical)
  • Andrew Harrop (Fabian Society)
  • Anke Hassel
  • Steven Janssens (Eight)
  • Soumya Kapoor Mehta
  • Stewart Lansley
  • Otto Lehto
  • Avi Lewis
  • Ruth Lister
  • Caroline Lucas (UK Green Party)
  • Katie McKenna
  • Francine Mestrum
  • Annie Miller
  • Roope Mokka (Demos Helsinki)
  • Chris Oestereich
  • Vanessa Olorenshaw
  • Anthony Painter (Royal Society of Arts, London)
  • Katariina Rantanen
  • Howard Reed
  • Jonathan Reynolds MP
  • Elizabeth Rhodes (Y Combinator)
  • Eduardo Rodriguez Montemayor (INSEAD)
  • The Leap Manifesto
  • The ReCivitas Institute
  • Dr Malcolm Torry (Citizen’s Income Trust)
  • Jenna van Draanen
  • Philippe van Parijs
  • Karl Widerquist
  • Ed Whitfield
  • Matt Zwolinski


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It’s Basic Income

£14.99
  • Published:
    14 Mar 2018
  • Page count:
    256 pages
  • ISBN:
    9781447343905
  • Dimensions:
    138 x 216 mm

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