Defining Basic Income

Malcolm Torry ()
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Malcolm Torry: University of Bath

Chapter Chapter 2 in Basic Income—What, Why, and How?, 2022, pp 13-28 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract This chapter explores a variety of different ways in which terms are defined: according to current usage; by a list of characteristics; by a legitimate authority on the basis of normative considerations; or by a legitimate authority on the basis of current usage. These methods are then employed in order to construct a variety of definitions of ‘Basic Income’. How ‘Basic Income’ and related terms are used in practice is discussed, and a categorisation of definitions is attempted. The chapter then asks how such terms as ‘guarantee’, ‘unconditional’, and ‘universal’ might be defined, and relates the definitions of these words to the definitions of Basic Income. Some policy implications are discussed.

Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-14248-2_2

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