As jobs disappear and wages flatline, paid work is an increasingly fragile basis for dignified life. This predicament, deepened by the COVID-19 pandemic, is sparking urgent debates about alternatives such as a universal basic income (UBI). In this incisive new book, Hein Marais casts the debate about a UBI in the wider context of the dispossessing pressures of capitalism and the turmoil of global warming, pandemics and social upheaval. Marais surveys the meaning, history and appea...
Innehållsförteckning
Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1 Behind the idea of a universal basic income Chapter 2 The crisis of waged work Chapter 3 The attractions of a universal ...
Om författaren
Hein Marais is an independent writer and researcher specialising in political economy, development and public health. His previous books include Pushed to the Limit: ...