BASIC INCOME

It may sound crazy to pay people an income whether or not they are working or looking for work. But the idea of providing an uncondi tional basic income to every individual, rich or poor, active or inactive, has been advocated by such major thinkers as Thomas Paine , John Stuart Mill, and John Kenneth Galbraith. For a long time, it was hardly noticed and never taken seriously. Today, with the tr aditional welfare state creaking under pressure, it has become one of the most widely debated social policy proposals in the world. Philippe ...[Read more]