Basic Income and the Free Market

Discusses whether the Basic Income Guarantee could offer an alternative to both laissez-faire and existing welfare systems in developed countries - often criticized by both advocates and critics of laissez-faire - thus opening a constructive dialog in policy discussion.

Discusses whether the Basic Income Guarantee could offer an alternative to both laissez-faire and existing welfare systems in developed countries - often criticized by both advocates and critics of laissez-faire - thus opening a constructive dialog in policy discussion.

PART I: AUSTRIAN SUPPORT FOR THE BIG Introduction; Guinevere Liberty Nell 1. Welfare in the Austrian Marketplace; Guinevere Liberty Nell 2. A Hayekian Case for a Basic Income; Theodore Burczak 3. The Basic Income Guarantee as a Helicopter Drop 'with Austrian Characteristics'; Daniel Kuehn 4. Taming Leviathan with a Basic Income; Cameron Weber 5. Basic Income Guarantee and the Negative Income Tax: A Comparative Spontaneous Orders Approach; Troy Camplin PART II: ISSUES AND COMPLICATIONS 6. Taking the 'G' Out of BIG: A Comparative Political Economy Perspective on Basic Income; Peter Boettke and Adam Martin (reprint) 7. A Little Less than BIG: A Pragmatic Perspective on Remedying Injustice; Laurent Dobuzinskis PART III: POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS 8. Who Owns the Land? Land as the Basis for Funding of a Basic Income Guarantee; Guinevere Liberty Nell 9. A BIG Paradigm Shift for Society: A Speculative Look at Some of the Implications of introducing a BIG; Guinevere Liberty Nell and Daniel Richmond 10. Basic Income Guarantees in Free Cities; Zachary Caceres and Michael Strong