The Case for a Global Pension and Youth Grant

Blackburn Robin
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Blackburn Robin: University of Essex & New School for Social Research, New York

Basic Income Studies, 2011, vol. 6, issue 1, 12

Abstract: This research note argues that, in the age of globalisation, the old age pension should be installed at a global level, by means of a pension paid at a modest rate to all older persons on the planet, to be financed by a light tax on global financial transactions and corporate wealth.

Keywords: Keywords: aging population; globalisation; Global Pension; Tobin Tax; youth grant (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.2202/1932-0183.1211

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