Contents

pp v-ix

The contributors

pp x-xviii

Acknowledgements

pp xix-xx

Introduction

pp 1-11

Part I - The case for

pp 12-12

1 - As artificial intelligence and robotics advance, a basic income may be the only viable solution

pp 13-17

2 - Could a universal basic income become the basis for working better in a fast-changing world?

pp 18-23

3 - An economic shock absorber

pp 24-30

4 - Questioning the ‘natural order’

pp 31-35

5 - To keep music alive

pp 36-38

6 - Feminist reflections on basic income

pp 39-44

7 - Women, motherhood and care

pp 45-47

8 - My own private basic income

pp 48-53

9 - Coming off the fence on universal basic income

pp 54-57

Part II - Towards tomorrow’s society

pp 58-58

10 - A new politics

pp 59-60

11 - Universal basic income for the post-industrial age

pp 61-67

12 - A down payment on a new, cooperative economy

pp 68-72

13 - Basic income: a solution to which challenge?

pp 73-76

14 - What we talk about when we talk about work

pp 77-81

15 - It’s time to stop tinke

pp 82-86

16 - How I learnt to stop worrying and love basic income

pp 87-90

17 - Trust trumps control

pp 91-95

Part III - Dissenting voices

pp 96-96

18 - Why basic income can never be a progressive solution

pp 97-100

19 - Basic income: a powerful tax engine pulling a tiny cart

pp 101-102

20 - A basic income and the democratisation of social policy

pp 103-108

21 - Why a basic income is not good enough

pp 109-112

22 - Unconditional basic income is a dead end

pp 113-116