Work Inequality Basic Income
Author | : Brishen Rogers |
Publisher | : MIT Press |
Total Pages | : 145 |
Release | : 2019-04-30 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781946511355 |
ISBN-13 | : 1946511358 |
Rating | : 4/5 (358 Downloads) |
Download or read book Work Inequality Basic Income written by Brishen Rogers and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2019-04-30 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Technology and the loss of manufacturing jobs have many worried about future mass unemployment. It is in this context that basic income, a government cash grant given unconditionally to all, has gained support from a surprising range of advocates, from Silicon Valley to labor. Our contributors explore basic income's merits, not only as a salve for financial precarity, but as a path toward racial justice and equality. Others, more skeptical, see danger in a basic income designed without attention to workers' power and the quality of work. Together they offer a nuanced debate about what it will take to tackle inequality and what kind of future we should aim to create.