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This is the first collective volume to ask whether a basic income could be viable in Australia and New Zealand´s modern neoliberal welfare states. Contributions explore the historical basis for a basic income program in the region, the ideological nuances and complexities of implementation, and ideas for future development and application.

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Preface; Guy Standing 1. Neoliberal Frontiers and Economic Insecurity: Is Basic Income a Solution?; Jenni Mays, Greg Marston, John Tomlinson PART I: REIMAGINING EQUITY AND EGALITARIANISM 2. Basic Income as Public Equity: The New Zealand Case; Keith Rankin 3. Australian Basic Income: Efficiency and Equity; John Tomlinson 4. ´Running on Empty´: Australia´s Neoliberal Social Security System, 1988-2015; Rob Watts PART II: ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF BASIC INCOME 5. Can Older Citizens Lead the Way to a Universal Basic Income?; Susan St John 6. Consumption Smoothing with Basic Income: The Role of Administrative Loans; Richard Deniss, Tom Swan 7. Paying for a Basic Income; Charles Sampford PART III: BASIC INCOME´S POTENTIAL FOR PUBLIC POLICY SYNERGY 8. Greening the Australian Welfare State: Can Basic Income Play a Role?; Gre g Marston 9. Basic Income for Remote Indigenous Australia: Prospects for a Livelihoods Approach in Neoliberal Times; Jon Altman 10. Disability, Citizenship, and Basic Income: Forging a New Alliance for a Non-Disabling Society; Jennifer Mays

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"The authors of this book present diverse and persuasive arguments for a BI, specifically for Australia and New Zealand. The excellent introduction sketches history and context, and provides an overview of BI which will be invaluable both to readers new to the subject and to specialists. ... This book should be open on the desk of every politician and policymaker in the region." (Jonathan Barrett, Labour & Industry, Vol. 26 (4), 2016)

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