Why a Basic Income Is Necessary for a Right to Work

Standing Guy ()
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Standing Guy: Professor in Development Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London

Basic Income Studies, 2012, vol. 7, issue 2, 19-40

Abstract: This article makes the proposition that a right to work can only exist if an individual has a prior right to a basic income. It criticizes the perspective that maximizing the number of jobs is a meaningful way of advancing the right to work, since activity in subordinated labour is scarcely consistent with a freedom-enhancing right to work. In recalling the historical right to practise an occupation, it rejects the notion of a “job guarantee”, as neither feasible nor desirable in a free society or as part of a progressive vision of a Good Society.

Keywords: basic income; job guarantee; economic security (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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