Unconditional basic income

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Abstract:

A welfare system for a warming twenty-first century?

The week 14-21 September was the eighth International Basic Income Week. An unconditional basic income is a payment made to individuals on a regular basis without a means test or work requirement. There are a wide variety of proposals around, which differ according to the amounts involved, the source of funding, and the nature and size of the reductions in other transfers and state social services.

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