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É propósito deste livro expor como surgiu e evoluiu a idéia de se garantir uma renda a todas as pessoas em cada país. Revelar de que forma seus fundamentos acompanham a própria história da humanidade.

Reddito di base è il termine italiano utilizzato per indicare il "basic income", cioè il reddito che secondo alcuni studiosi sarebbe corretto concedere a ogni cittadino indipendentemente dalle sue condizioni e dal suo stato sociale.

The title suggests that this is a book about the Citizen’s Income route to tax and benefits reform; but what the book is actually about is the danger to the planet and ourselves of our current consumption patterns. It is a manifesto about the environment within which a Citizen’s Income plays an important role. Or does it?

Many governments today are engaged in far-reaching programs of 'welfare reform'. But what would a just program of welfare reform consist in? Is the current emphasis on linking welfare 'rights' to 'responsibilities' justifiable?

hilippe Van Parijs's Real Freedom for All is widely acclaimed for providing not only the most sophisticated defence of unconditional basic income, but also a rigorous examination of many central issues within contemporary political theory. This collection, including a response by Van Parijs, provides a comprehensive assessment of his 'real libertarian' vision of radical social change.

The Ethics of Stakeholding brings together leading academics in the fields of political philosophy and social policy to engage with one of the most exciting new paradigms in social policy.

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. “It's an intellectual history of approaches to poverty. Chapter 9, The Poverty Research Industry, puts the NIT experiments in their intellectual context.”

Our politicians insist that we live in a time of unprecedented prosperity, yet more and more Americans are pointing out that the richest 1% of our society holds more wealth than the bottom 90% put together. In this timely book, economist Philippe Van Parijs has a simple plan for addressing not only poverty but other social ills: everyone would be paid a universal basic income (UBI) at a level sufficient for subsistence. Everyone, including "those who make no social contribution-who spend their mornings bickering with their partner, surf off Malibu in the afternoon, and smoke pot all night." Boston: Beacon Press

Forthcoming, the Journal of Economic Issues.

Piece in Policy Options (Jan-Feb).