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Redesigning Distribution

- Basic Income and Stakeholder Grants as Cornerstones for an Egalitarian Capitalism

  • Format
  • Bog, paperback
  • Engelsk
  • 228 sider

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Volume V in the acclaimed Real Utopias Project series, edited by Erik Olin Wright.Are there ways that contemporary capitalism can be rendered a dramatically more egalitarian economic system without destroying its productivity and capacity for growth?This book explores two proposals, unconditional basic income and stakeholder grants, that attempt just that. In a system of basic income, as elaborated by Philippe van Parijs, all citizens are given a monthly stipend sufficient to provide them with a no-frills but adequate standard of living. This monthly income is universal rather than means-tested, and it is unconditional - receiving the basic income does not depend upon performing any labor services or satisfying other conditions. It affirms the idea that as a matter of basic rights, no one should live in poverty in an affluent society. In a system of stakeholder grants, as discussed by Bruce Ackerman and Anne Alstott, all citizens upon reaching the age of early adulthood receive a substantial one-time lump-sum grant sufficiently large so that all young adults would be significant wealth holders. Ackerman and Alstott propose that this grant be in the vicinity of $80,000 and be financed by an annual wealth tax of roughly 2 percent. A system of stakeholder grants, they argue, "expresses a fundamental responsibility: every American has an obligation to contribute to a fair starting point for all."

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  • SprogEngelsk
  • Sidetal228
  • Udgivelsesdato17-02-2006
  • ISBN139781844675173
  • Forlag Verso Books
  • Nummer i serienv. 5
  • FormatPaperback
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  • Vægt420 g
  • Dybde2 cm
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    15,7 cm
    23,4 cm

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