Praktyka Teoretyczna (Jan 2014)

Basic income and its implications for the world of work.

  • Bartosz Mika

DOI
https://doi.org/10.14746/pt.2014.2.6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 2
pp. 143 – 170

Abstract

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This article is an attempt to identify fiscal and monetary conditions for the implementation of basic income and to consider the expected consequences of the solutions for the world of work. In particular, much attention has been devoted to the latter issue. Considered and critically interpreted the three most important arguments of proponents of basic income: 1) increase in demand for labor (issue of labor supply), 2) strengthening the power of labor relative to capital, 3) the expected recognition of socially useful activities outside the labor market. In summary, attempts to answer the question whether the basic income is a revolutionary postulate. Keywords: work, labor, welfare state, risk

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