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| 505 | 8 | |a Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- A note about terminology -- Preface - how this book came to be written -- The structure of the book -- Acknowledgements -- Part I Philosophical and Political Arguments -- Chapter 1 Introduction: How did we get from there to here? -- Imagine... -- Why we need a BI system to replace the current Social Security System -- The post World War ii consensus welfare reforms - how did we get from there to here? -- Why not just improve the current social security system? -- Our social security system is not fit for purpose - cut the Gordian knot -- Chapter 2 Values and vision: the objectives -- What sort of society? -- Justification for a social security system -- What objectives and outcomes could an income maintenance system help to achieve? -- The case for vertical redistribution of income -- Who are the rich? -- Part II Theory and Evidence -- Chapter 3 The internal structure and design features of income maintenance systems -- Townsend's three principles -- The design features of income maintenance systems -- Comparison of some different income maintenance systems -- Basic Incomes -- Chapter 4 The effects of individual assessment on women's lives: the unit for assessment and delivery of benefits - joint or individual? -- The Marriage laws -- Financial dependents -- Household Economies of Scale - incentive to share accommodation -- Effect of BI on women's lives -- INDIA 2011-13 -- Chapter 5 Migration - and giving a BI to rich people -- Defining the population -- Migration -- Giving a BI to rich people to protect the poor: Eligibility - targeted or universal? -- Why benefits should not be means-tested -- ALASKA 1976 - -- Chapter 6 When is discrimination justified? Entitlement: selective or non-selective benefits -- Selectivity | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Discrimination against couples -- Can a case be made for selective benefits? -- More on economies of scale -- Housing costs -- The needs of disabled people -- Childcare costs and other public services -- IRAN 2010 - -- Chapter 7 More control over our lives Contingency: conditionality or unconditionality? -- Conditionality and sanctions -- Free riders and reciprocity -- Participation Incomes (PI) -- Effects of unconditionality on incentives to work -- Macroeconomic effects of a BI scheme -- Mincome program, Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada 1974-79 -- Chapter 8 Simplifying the administration system -- Defining the population and criteria for eligibility -- Alternative methods of assessment and delivery -- Other effects of a BI on administration -- Chapter 9 Chronology of evidence from around the world -- Overview -- Income maintenance experiments in the USA, 1968-80 -- Brazil 2004- -- Namibia 2008-9 -- European Citizens' Initiative on Unconditional Basic Income, 2012-14 -- Switzerland 2012-16 -- Finland 2015- -- Netherlands, France and Germany -- Update on BI projects in May 2017 -- Scotland -- Part III Economic Viability - Facts and Figures -- Chapter 10 Deciding on the BI levels -- Measures of prosperity in society -- Poverty -- A floor and two poverty benchmarks -- Current UK means-tested benefit levels -- The EU's official poverty threshold -- Minimum Income Standards -- The timing of publication of information -- An alternative poverty benchmark -- Chapter 11 Costing a Basic Income Scheme -- A note about costs -- Costing an illustrative sample scheme -- Which benefits to replace with a BI, and which to retain? -- Chapter 12 How to finance a BI scheme? -- Alternative sources for funding a BI scheme -- UK taxes and their yields -- Why income tax is the best source -- Financing a BI scheme through the benefit and income taxation systems | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Tax expenditures and structural reliefs -- Sleights of hand with the Personal Allowance -- Chapter 13 A restructured income tax system -- A restructured income tax system -- An alternative method for calculating the cost of a BI scheme -- Even though progressive taxes are more redistributive, a proportionate tax (flat tax), has some advantages -- An income / earnings disregard (EDR) -- The structure of the income tax schedule -- Will it cost too much? Can we afford it? -- Chapter 14 Sample BI schemes for Scotland and the UK -- No single optimum BI scheme -- Clearly-stated prioritised objectives, assumptions and constraints -- The first set of sample BI schemes, compared with current means-tested benefits -- The second set of sample BI schemes, compared with the official eu poverty benchmark (AHC version) -- Comparison of a set of three BI schemes -- The third set of sample BI schemes, compared with the MIS poverty benchmark (AHC version) -- Summary of the illustrative sample BI schemes -- Part IV How Do We Get from Here to There? -- Chapter 15 How do we get from here to there? -- Implementation -- The sector approach -- The gradual approach, increasing the amounts of the BIS over time -- The political process -- How might the scheme to be implemented be chosen? -- Chapter 16 Conclusion -- Recap: features of income maintenance systems - definition of a BI - broad objectives -- Current problems that BI schemes could help to solve - criticisms of BI schemes addressed -- Illustrative BI schemes -- Hope for the future -- Appendices -- Appendix A Figures for the UK 2011-15 and Scotland 2012-15 -- Appendix B Hypothetical BI schemes -- Measures of inequality -- Calculation of the Gini coefficient by linear interpolation -- Mathematical proof -- A hypothetical example of an international BI -- Constructing an income distribution for individuals | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Comparison of different progressive income tax schedules -- Appendix C Design and cost your own BI scheme -- Appendix D Chronology of Basic Income with respect to the UK -- Sources of Data -- Bibliography -- Organisations (Information and Contacts) | |
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| contents | Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- A note about terminology -- Preface - how this book came to be written -- The structure of the book -- Acknowledgements -- Part I Philosophical and Political Arguments -- Chapter 1 Introduction: How did we get from there to here? -- Imagine... -- Why we need a BI system to replace the current Social Security System -- The post World War ii consensus welfare reforms - how did we get from there to here? -- Why not just improve the current social security system? -- Our social security system is not fit for purpose - cut the Gordian knot -- Chapter 2 Values and vision: the objectives -- What sort of society? -- Justification for a social security system -- What objectives and outcomes could an income maintenance system help to achieve? -- The case for vertical redistribution of income -- Who are the rich? -- Part II Theory and Evidence -- Chapter 3 The internal structure and design features of income maintenance systems -- Townsend's three principles -- The design features of income maintenance systems -- Comparison of some different income maintenance systems -- Basic Incomes -- Chapter 4 The effects of individual assessment on women's lives: the unit for assessment and delivery of benefits - joint or individual? -- The Marriage laws -- Financial dependents -- Household Economies of Scale - incentive to share accommodation -- Effect of BI on women's lives -- INDIA 2011-13 -- Chapter 5 Migration - and giving a BI to rich people -- Defining the population -- Migration -- Giving a BI to rich people to protect the poor: Eligibility - targeted or universal? -- Why benefits should not be means-tested -- ALASKA 1976 - -- Chapter 6 When is discrimination justified? Entitlement: selective or non-selective benefits -- Selectivity Discrimination against couples -- Can a case be made for selective benefits? -- More on economies of scale -- Housing costs -- The needs of disabled people -- Childcare costs and other public services -- IRAN 2010 - -- Chapter 7 More control over our lives Contingency: conditionality or unconditionality? -- Conditionality and sanctions -- Free riders and reciprocity -- Participation Incomes (PI) -- Effects of unconditionality on incentives to work -- Macroeconomic effects of a BI scheme -- Mincome program, Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada 1974-79 -- Chapter 8 Simplifying the administration system -- Defining the population and criteria for eligibility -- Alternative methods of assessment and delivery -- Other effects of a BI on administration -- Chapter 9 Chronology of evidence from around the world -- Overview -- Income maintenance experiments in the USA, 1968-80 -- Brazil 2004- -- Namibia 2008-9 -- European Citizens' Initiative on Unconditional Basic Income, 2012-14 -- Switzerland 2012-16 -- Finland 2015- -- Netherlands, France and Germany -- Update on BI projects in May 2017 -- Scotland -- Part III Economic Viability - Facts and Figures -- Chapter 10 Deciding on the BI levels -- Measures of prosperity in society -- Poverty -- A floor and two poverty benchmarks -- Current UK means-tested benefit levels -- The EU's official poverty threshold -- Minimum Income Standards -- The timing of publication of information -- An alternative poverty benchmark -- Chapter 11 Costing a Basic Income Scheme -- A note about costs -- Costing an illustrative sample scheme -- Which benefits to replace with a BI, and which to retain? -- Chapter 12 How to finance a BI scheme? -- Alternative sources for funding a BI scheme -- UK taxes and their yields -- Why income tax is the best source -- Financing a BI scheme through the benefit and income taxation systems Tax expenditures and structural reliefs -- Sleights of hand with the Personal Allowance -- Chapter 13 A restructured income tax system -- A restructured income tax system -- An alternative method for calculating the cost of a BI scheme -- Even though progressive taxes are more redistributive, a proportionate tax (flat tax), has some advantages -- An income / earnings disregard (EDR) -- The structure of the income tax schedule -- Will it cost too much? Can we afford it? -- Chapter 14 Sample BI schemes for Scotland and the UK -- No single optimum BI scheme -- Clearly-stated prioritised objectives, assumptions and constraints -- The first set of sample BI schemes, compared with current means-tested benefits -- The second set of sample BI schemes, compared with the official eu poverty benchmark (AHC version) -- Comparison of a set of three BI schemes -- The third set of sample BI schemes, compared with the MIS poverty benchmark (AHC version) -- Summary of the illustrative sample BI schemes -- Part IV How Do We Get from Here to There? -- Chapter 15 How do we get from here to there? -- Implementation -- The sector approach -- The gradual approach, increasing the amounts of the BIS over time -- The political process -- How might the scheme to be implemented be chosen? -- Chapter 16 Conclusion -- Recap: features of income maintenance systems - definition of a BI - broad objectives -- Current problems that BI schemes could help to solve - criticisms of BI schemes addressed -- Illustrative BI schemes -- Hope for the future -- Appendices -- Appendix A Figures for the UK 2011-15 and Scotland 2012-15 -- Appendix B Hypothetical BI schemes -- Measures of inequality -- Calculation of the Gini coefficient by linear interpolation -- Mathematical proof -- A hypothetical example of an international BI -- Constructing an income distribution for individuals Comparison of different progressive income tax schedules -- Appendix C Design and cost your own BI scheme -- Appendix D Chronology of Basic Income with respect to the UK -- Sources of Data -- Bibliography -- Organisations (Information and Contacts) |
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| spelling | Miller, Annie Verfasser aut A Basic Income Handbook La Vergne Luath Press Ltd 2020 ©2020 1 online resource (294 pages) txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- A note about terminology -- Preface - how this book came to be written -- The structure of the book -- Acknowledgements -- Part I Philosophical and Political Arguments -- Chapter 1 Introduction: How did we get from there to here? -- Imagine... -- Why we need a BI system to replace the current Social Security System -- The post World War ii consensus welfare reforms - how did we get from there to here? -- Why not just improve the current social security system? -- Our social security system is not fit for purpose - cut the Gordian knot -- Chapter 2 Values and vision: the objectives -- What sort of society? -- Justification for a social security system -- What objectives and outcomes could an income maintenance system help to achieve? -- The case for vertical redistribution of income -- Who are the rich? -- Part II Theory and Evidence -- Chapter 3 The internal structure and design features of income maintenance systems -- Townsend's three principles -- The design features of income maintenance systems -- Comparison of some different income maintenance systems -- Basic Incomes -- Chapter 4 The effects of individual assessment on women's lives: the unit for assessment and delivery of benefits - joint or individual? -- The Marriage laws -- Financial dependents -- Household Economies of Scale - incentive to share accommodation -- Effect of BI on women's lives -- INDIA 2011-13 -- Chapter 5 Migration - and giving a BI to rich people -- Defining the population -- Migration -- Giving a BI to rich people to protect the poor: Eligibility - targeted or universal? -- Why benefits should not be means-tested -- ALASKA 1976 - -- Chapter 6 When is discrimination justified? Entitlement: selective or non-selective benefits -- Selectivity Discrimination against couples -- Can a case be made for selective benefits? -- More on economies of scale -- Housing costs -- The needs of disabled people -- Childcare costs and other public services -- IRAN 2010 - -- Chapter 7 More control over our lives Contingency: conditionality or unconditionality? -- Conditionality and sanctions -- Free riders and reciprocity -- Participation Incomes (PI) -- Effects of unconditionality on incentives to work -- Macroeconomic effects of a BI scheme -- Mincome program, Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada 1974-79 -- Chapter 8 Simplifying the administration system -- Defining the population and criteria for eligibility -- Alternative methods of assessment and delivery -- Other effects of a BI on administration -- Chapter 9 Chronology of evidence from around the world -- Overview -- Income maintenance experiments in the USA, 1968-80 -- Brazil 2004- -- Namibia 2008-9 -- European Citizens' Initiative on Unconditional Basic Income, 2012-14 -- Switzerland 2012-16 -- Finland 2015- -- Netherlands, France and Germany -- Update on BI projects in May 2017 -- Scotland -- Part III Economic Viability - Facts and Figures -- Chapter 10 Deciding on the BI levels -- Measures of prosperity in society -- Poverty -- A floor and two poverty benchmarks -- Current UK means-tested benefit levels -- The EU's official poverty threshold -- Minimum Income Standards -- The timing of publication of information -- An alternative poverty benchmark -- Chapter 11 Costing a Basic Income Scheme -- A note about costs -- Costing an illustrative sample scheme -- Which benefits to replace with a BI, and which to retain? -- Chapter 12 How to finance a BI scheme? -- Alternative sources for funding a BI scheme -- UK taxes and their yields -- Why income tax is the best source -- Financing a BI scheme through the benefit and income taxation systems Tax expenditures and structural reliefs -- Sleights of hand with the Personal Allowance -- Chapter 13 A restructured income tax system -- A restructured income tax system -- An alternative method for calculating the cost of a BI scheme -- Even though progressive taxes are more redistributive, a proportionate tax (flat tax), has some advantages -- An income / earnings disregard (EDR) -- The structure of the income tax schedule -- Will it cost too much? Can we afford it? -- Chapter 14 Sample BI schemes for Scotland and the UK -- No single optimum BI scheme -- Clearly-stated prioritised objectives, assumptions and constraints -- The first set of sample BI schemes, compared with current means-tested benefits -- The second set of sample BI schemes, compared with the official eu poverty benchmark (AHC version) -- Comparison of a set of three BI schemes -- The third set of sample BI schemes, compared with the MIS poverty benchmark (AHC version) -- Summary of the illustrative sample BI schemes -- Part IV How Do We Get from Here to There? -- Chapter 15 How do we get from here to there? -- Implementation -- The sector approach -- The gradual approach, increasing the amounts of the BIS over time -- The political process -- How might the scheme to be implemented be chosen? -- Chapter 16 Conclusion -- Recap: features of income maintenance systems - definition of a BI - broad objectives -- Current problems that BI schemes could help to solve - criticisms of BI schemes addressed -- Illustrative BI schemes -- Hope for the future -- Appendices -- Appendix A Figures for the UK 2011-15 and Scotland 2012-15 -- Appendix B Hypothetical BI schemes -- Measures of inequality -- Calculation of the Gini coefficient by linear interpolation -- Mathematical proof -- A hypothetical example of an international BI -- Constructing an income distribution for individuals Comparison of different progressive income tax schedules -- Appendix C Design and cost your own BI scheme -- Appendix D Chronology of Basic Income with respect to the UK -- Sources of Data -- Bibliography -- Organisations (Information and Contacts) Basic income-Great Britain Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Miller, Annie A Basic Income Handbook La Vergne : Luath Press Ltd,c2020 9781910745786 |
| spellingShingle | Miller, Annie A Basic Income Handbook Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- A note about terminology -- Preface - how this book came to be written -- The structure of the book -- Acknowledgements -- Part I Philosophical and Political Arguments -- Chapter 1 Introduction: How did we get from there to here? -- Imagine... -- Why we need a BI system to replace the current Social Security System -- The post World War ii consensus welfare reforms - how did we get from there to here? -- Why not just improve the current social security system? -- Our social security system is not fit for purpose - cut the Gordian knot -- Chapter 2 Values and vision: the objectives -- What sort of society? -- Justification for a social security system -- What objectives and outcomes could an income maintenance system help to achieve? -- The case for vertical redistribution of income -- Who are the rich? -- Part II Theory and Evidence -- Chapter 3 The internal structure and design features of income maintenance systems -- Townsend's three principles -- The design features of income maintenance systems -- Comparison of some different income maintenance systems -- Basic Incomes -- Chapter 4 The effects of individual assessment on women's lives: the unit for assessment and delivery of benefits - joint or individual? -- The Marriage laws -- Financial dependents -- Household Economies of Scale - incentive to share accommodation -- Effect of BI on women's lives -- INDIA 2011-13 -- Chapter 5 Migration - and giving a BI to rich people -- Defining the population -- Migration -- Giving a BI to rich people to protect the poor: Eligibility - targeted or universal? -- Why benefits should not be means-tested -- ALASKA 1976 - -- Chapter 6 When is discrimination justified? Entitlement: selective or non-selective benefits -- Selectivity Discrimination against couples -- Can a case be made for selective benefits? -- More on economies of scale -- Housing costs -- The needs of disabled people -- Childcare costs and other public services -- IRAN 2010 - -- Chapter 7 More control over our lives Contingency: conditionality or unconditionality? -- Conditionality and sanctions -- Free riders and reciprocity -- Participation Incomes (PI) -- Effects of unconditionality on incentives to work -- Macroeconomic effects of a BI scheme -- Mincome program, Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada 1974-79 -- Chapter 8 Simplifying the administration system -- Defining the population and criteria for eligibility -- Alternative methods of assessment and delivery -- Other effects of a BI on administration -- Chapter 9 Chronology of evidence from around the world -- Overview -- Income maintenance experiments in the USA, 1968-80 -- Brazil 2004- -- Namibia 2008-9 -- European Citizens' Initiative on Unconditional Basic Income, 2012-14 -- Switzerland 2012-16 -- Finland 2015- -- Netherlands, France and Germany -- Update on BI projects in May 2017 -- Scotland -- Part III Economic Viability - Facts and Figures -- Chapter 10 Deciding on the BI levels -- Measures of prosperity in society -- Poverty -- A floor and two poverty benchmarks -- Current UK means-tested benefit levels -- The EU's official poverty threshold -- Minimum Income Standards -- The timing of publication of information -- An alternative poverty benchmark -- Chapter 11 Costing a Basic Income Scheme -- A note about costs -- Costing an illustrative sample scheme -- Which benefits to replace with a BI, and which to retain? -- Chapter 12 How to finance a BI scheme? -- Alternative sources for funding a BI scheme -- UK taxes and their yields -- Why income tax is the best source -- Financing a BI scheme through the benefit and income taxation systems Tax expenditures and structural reliefs -- Sleights of hand with the Personal Allowance -- Chapter 13 A restructured income tax system -- A restructured income tax system -- An alternative method for calculating the cost of a BI scheme -- Even though progressive taxes are more redistributive, a proportionate tax (flat tax), has some advantages -- An income / earnings disregard (EDR) -- The structure of the income tax schedule -- Will it cost too much? Can we afford it? -- Chapter 14 Sample BI schemes for Scotland and the UK -- No single optimum BI scheme -- Clearly-stated prioritised objectives, assumptions and constraints -- The first set of sample BI schemes, compared with current means-tested benefits -- The second set of sample BI schemes, compared with the official eu poverty benchmark (AHC version) -- Comparison of a set of three BI schemes -- The third set of sample BI schemes, compared with the MIS poverty benchmark (AHC version) -- Summary of the illustrative sample BI schemes -- Part IV How Do We Get from Here to There? -- Chapter 15 How do we get from here to there? -- Implementation -- The sector approach -- The gradual approach, increasing the amounts of the BIS over time -- The political process -- How might the scheme to be implemented be chosen? -- Chapter 16 Conclusion -- Recap: features of income maintenance systems - definition of a BI - broad objectives -- Current problems that BI schemes could help to solve - criticisms of BI schemes addressed -- Illustrative BI schemes -- Hope for the future -- Appendices -- Appendix A Figures for the UK 2011-15 and Scotland 2012-15 -- Appendix B Hypothetical BI schemes -- Measures of inequality -- Calculation of the Gini coefficient by linear interpolation -- Mathematical proof -- A hypothetical example of an international BI -- Constructing an income distribution for individuals Comparison of different progressive income tax schedules -- Appendix C Design and cost your own BI scheme -- Appendix D Chronology of Basic Income with respect to the UK -- Sources of Data -- Bibliography -- Organisations (Information and Contacts) Basic income-Great Britain |
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