 Basic Income in the Current Climate: If Australia Can Implement Other Universal Provisions, Then Why Not a Basic Income?Jennifer Mays ()
Chapter 3 in Implementing a Basic Income in Australia, 2019, pp 45-68 from Palgrave Macmillan Abstract: Abstract Global and national debates and activism have called for a renewed vision in progressing the transition to basic income in Australia. Much of the reenvisioning of basic income is driven by the impact of austerity and neoliberal policies together with major structural adjustments where growing income and wealth inequalities is leading to exacerbated poverty (White, The everyday life of the State: A state-in-society approach (pp. 3–12). Seattle, WA: University of Washington, 2013). This chapter explores the basic income as one way forward to redress extreme poverty and inequality. The chapter uses the case of the Blind Pension payment as an example of one universal, unconditional provision akin to basic income that could be extended to all people. What follows is a call for a renewed vision and architecture in the structural adjustment process encompassing egalitarianism underpinning distribution schemes. Keywords: Basic income; Blind pension; Capital distribution; Egalitarian; Income; Poverty; Social security; Wealth (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pal:etbchp:978-3-030-14378-7_3 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-14378-7_3 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee from Palgrave Macmillan |
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