📗 Libro en inglés ZERO POVERTY SOCIETY

The notion that every person living amidst the relative affluence of the rich world has a right to a minimum income enabling social participation be it frugally and soberly holds as a fundamental matter of social justice to most people But how can we make sure that every person has a decent minimum income allowing for a life with dignity in societies rich enough to afford such a right How can we ensure that minimum income support is cost effective and compatible with other goals such as promoting work effort self reliance and upward mobility How can political support for such schemes be fostered and made robust Zero Poverty Society assesses the current state of minimum income protection in the rich world building on original empirical analysis It also engages with debates on topics as diverse as optimal targeting and means testing administrative complexity non take up behavioural economics the political economy of minimum income protection and basic income Marchal and Marx conclude that more adequate poverty prevention is possible without the costs having to be prohibitive However they are sceptical about silver bullet solutions such as basic income Adequate minimum income protection is not a matter of getting one scheme or policy right It is a