Is a Citizen’s Income Psychologically Feasible?

Malcolm Torry

Chapter Chapter 5 in The Feasibility of Citizen's Income, 2016, pp 87-117 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Feasibility tests based on such presuppositions as ‘the rich don’t need it’, ‘if people earn more then their benefits should be reduced’, ‘people won’t work if you just give them the money’ are failed by universal benefits. It might be true that Citizen’s Income would pass psychological feasibility tests based on existing universal benefits, but that would still not necessarily persuade individuals wedded to the embedded presuppositions. Multiple individual conversions would be required to shift public opinion, and to shift policy makers’ mindsets. The chapter shows that this might be a possibility. Alternatively, the problem could be circumvented by establishing Citizen’s Incomes for one age group at a time, beginning with those thought to be more ‘deserving’.

Keywords: Public Opinion; Benefit System; Moral Discourse; Resale Price Maintenance; Child Benefit (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1057/978-1-137-53078-3_5

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