Universal Basic Income and Negative Income Tax: Two different ways of thinking redistribution

Davide Tondani

The Journal of Socio-Economics, 2009, vol. 38, issue 2, pages 246-255

Abstract: This article examines two redistributive policies: Negative Income Tax and Universal Basic Income. Its aim is to show that, although the two achieve the same distributive outcome through an appropriate tax-benefit system, they are fundamentally different from economic and ethical points of view. The approach integrates positive and normative analysis and explicit attention to ethical issues provides a more complete description of economic aspects. We show that Negative Income Tax scheme is coherent with the libertarian idea of distributive justice, while Basic Income follows egalitarian thought.

Keywords: Basic; Income; Negative; Income; Tax; Redistribution; Distributive; justice (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009

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