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- Title
Welfare for Markets: A Global History of Basic Income.
- Authors
Spies‐Butcher, Ben
- Abstract
"Welfare for Markets: A Global History of Basic Income" by Anton Jäger and Daniel Zamora Vargas is a sociological and intellectual history of the basic income concept. The authors argue that the basic income debate reflects a failure of progressive imagination and a shift towards market models within progressive thought. They trace the evolution of basic income from earlier republican traditions of universal provision to its current focus on money and consumption. The book explores the role of key thinkers such as Milton Friedman and the Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN) in shaping the basic income discourse. While the book provides a rich intellectual history, its political claims may be less convincing, as it overlooks other perspectives and strategies associated with basic income. Nonetheless, it offers an important contribution to the understanding of basic income and the growing popularity of cash payments.
- Subjects
BASIC income; FRIEDMAN, Milton, 1912-2006; WORLD history; EXPORT marketing; ECONOMIC security; SOCIAL theory; POPULARITY
- Publication
Economic Record, 2024, Vol 100, Issue 329, p266
- ISSN
0013-0249
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/1475-4932.12791