The Organic and the Conjunctural in Historicizing Basic Income: Response to Zamora and Jäger

Abstract

In response to Zamora and Jäger’s intellectual history critique of my original essay, I reiterate the methodological necessity of grounding a historical study of basic income in a Marxist framework that considers both the organic and conjunctural. This approach illuminates the complexities of basic income as common sense under capitalism while illustrating the limits and opportunities for Left organizing around the idea of basic income.

Keywords

• antonio gramsci
• capitalism
• common sense
• karl marx
• universal basic income