It's Basic Incomebrings together experts, well known figures and key thinkers from across theworld to explore the concept of a Universal Basic Income. Including casestudies from Finland, Canada, Uganda and Brazil, this engaging book provides anindispensable guide to an innovative policy idea, and contributes to widerconversations about the future of work and the role of welfare in the 21stCentury.

Introduction ~ Amy Downes and Stewart Lansley;

Part I: The case for;

As artificial intelligence and robotics advance, a basic income may be the only viable solution ~ Martin Ford;

Could a universal basic income become the basis for working better in a fast-changing world? ~ Eduardo Rodriguez;

An economic shock absorber ~ Chris Oestereich;

Questioning the natural order ~ Brian Eno;

To keep music alive ~ Toby Deller;

Feminist Reflections on basic income ~ Ursula Barry;

Women, motherhood and care ~ Vanessa Olorenshaw;

My own private basic income ~ Karl Widerquist;

Coming off the fence on UBI ~ Ruth Lister;

Part II: Towards tomorrow’s society;

A new politics ~ Anthony Painter, Royal Society of Arts;

UBI for the post-industrial age ~ Roope Mokka and Katariina Rantanen, Demos Helsinki;

A down payment on a new, cooperative economy ~ Avi Lewis and Katie McKenna, Leap Manifesto;

Basic income: a solution to which challenge ~ Brenton Caffin, Nesta, UK;

What we talk about when we talk about work ~ Olivia Hanks, Norwich Radical;

It’s time to stop tinkering ~ Jonathan Bartley and Caroline Lucas, UK Green Party;

How I learnt to stop worrying and love basic income ~ Jonathan Reynolds MP, Labour;

Trust trumps control ~ Uffe Elbæk, Alternativet, Denmark;

Part III: Dissenting voices;

Why basic income can never be a progressive solution ~ Francine Mestrum;

A powerful tax engine pulling a tiny cart ~ Ian Gough;

A Basic Income and the Democratisation of Social Policy ~ Peter Beresford OBE;

Why a basic income is not good enough ~ Ed Whitfield;

Unconditional basic income is a dead end ~ Anke Hassel;

Part IV: Approaches to implementation;

Basic income and social democracy ~ Philippe van Parijs;

History and the contemporary UK debate ~ Malcolm Torry, Citizen’s Income Trust;

Basic income and the democratisation of development in Europe ~ Louise Haagh;

The Indian experience: The debt trap ~ Sarath Davala;

The Indian experience: The impact on women and girls ~ Soumya Kapoor;

A Scottish pilot ~ Annie Miller;

The libertarian case for UBI ~ Matt Zwolinski;

For us all: redesigning social security for the 2020s ~ Andrew Harrop;

Making UBI work: the incremental approach ~ Stewart Lansley and Howard Reed;

Part V: Year of the trials;

An earthquake in Finland ~ Otto Lehto;

Growing a movement: the Canadian context ~ Roderick Benns and Jenna van Draanen;

The post social democratic pathway for the 21st Century; The Dutch example ~ Alexander de Roo;

The California Experiment ~ Elizabeth Rhodes, Y Combinator, USA;

‘Eight’:The Ugandan pilot ~ Steven Janssens, Belgium;

The Kenyan experiment ~ Give Directly;

Brazil: a basic income experiment as a citizen-to-citizen project ~ Bruna Augusto and Marcus Brancaglione;

Part VI: The way forward;

Building momentum ~ Amy Downes and Stewart Lansley.