The Basic Income Pocketbook

A practical guide to understanding universal basic income.

Essential for anyone interested in economic innovation.

About the Ebook

Can we afford to implement a basic income? In the post Covid-19 world, can we afford not to?

Imagine a society where everyone receives a regular, unconditional cash payment on an individual basis that is delivered automatically to one’s personal account. A full basic income (BI) would be enough to live on modestly, but with dignity, enabling one to participate in public life. There is no compulsion to work, but most people want to work for pay to top up their incomes, to meet other people, for job satisfaction and to be recognised as someone who contributes to society.

Rigorously researched and simply explained, this book shows the potential of the basic income concept – a regular, unconditional payment to everyone in the country. In a balanced way, it reveals and explains every aspect of the system. More importantly, it shows how the dream of true wellbeing and financial security for all could become a reality.

Why You'll Love This Ebook

• Clear explanation of basic income concepts and benefits.
• Explores potential solutions to economic inequality.
• Published by Luath Press, Scotland's leading independent publisher.
• A toolkit for understanding economic futures.

About the Author

ANNIE MILLER was born in England to a Scottish father. She is very proud of her Scottish heritage, and has lived in Scotland since 1969. Though she is now retired, she spent over 20 years lecturing in the Department of Economics at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh and during that time co-edited A Modern Guide to Economic Thought: an introduction to Comparative Schools of Thought in Economics. Through her long career, Miller has dedicated much of her time and research to Basic Income (also known as Citizen’s Income), becoming an expert in the field. She has presented papers on the issue at eight of the Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN)’s biannual congresses, including ones in Barcelona, Munich and Montreal. She also co-founded in 1984 the Basic Income Research Group, now the Citizen’s Income Trust (CIT), of which she has been Chair since 2001. As recently as 2014 Miller was a keynote speaker at a round-table discussion in the Scottish Parliament on BI. Miller lives in Edinburgh.

Publication Details

Publisher: Luath Press

Publication Date: 25 June 2020

Print Length: 333 pages (Ebook edition)

ISBN (Ebook): 9781913025991

Format: Ebook

Language: English

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