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This exciting and timely collection brings together international and national scholars and advocates to provide historical overviews of efforts to pass basic income guarantee legislation in their respective countries and/or across regions of the globe.

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Introduction: Hopes and Realities of Adopting Unconditional Basic Income Guarantee Schemes; R.K.Caputo On the Political Feasibility of the Basic Income Guarantee: Theoretical Considerations; J.D.Wispelaere & J.A.Noguera PART I: HOPES The Best Income Transfer Program for Modern Economies; E.M.Suplicy An Anniversary Note - BIEN´s 25th; G.Standing PART II: REALITIES European Union Countries Finland: Institutional Resistance of the Welfare State against a Basic Income; M.Ikkala Germany: Far, though Close: Problems and Prospects of BI in Germany; S.Liebermann Ireland: Pathways to a Basic Income in Ireland; S.Healy & B.Reynolds Netherlands: Final Piece of the Welfare State is Still to Come; M.Hasslet Spain: Basic Income from Social Movements to Parliament and Back Again; D.Raventós , J.Wark , & D.Casassas PART II: OTHER OECD COUNTRIES Australia: Will Basic Income Have a Second Coming?; J.Tomlinson Canada: A Guaranteed Income Framework to Address Poverty and Inequality?; J.P.Mulvale & Y.Vanderborght Japan: Political Change after the Economic Crisis Introduces Universalist Benefit; T.Yamamori Mexico: The First Steps toward Basic Income; P.Yanes United Kingdom: Only for Children?; M.Torry United States of America; R.K.Caputo PART III: OTHER COUNTRIES Iran: A Bumpy Road toward Basic Income; H.Tabatabai

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"This book integrates careful research, political theory and practical insights in a way that no other volume on the idea of a basic income guarantee has yet done. Through engaging and thoughtful presentation of wide ranging national case studies, readers will learn a great deal about the global state of play. In an age of growing economic insecurity, the book provides a timely reminder of the possibilities income guarantee schemes offer for improving social wellbeing." - Greg Marston, professor of Social Policy, QUT University, Australia

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Jurgen De Wispelaere José Antonio Noguera Eduardo Matarazzo Suplicy Guy Standing Markku Ikkala Sascha Liebermann Seán Healy Brigid Reynolds Michiel van Hasslet Daniel Raventós Julie Wark David Casassas John Tomlinson James P. Mulvale Yannick Vanderborght Toru Yamamori Pablo Yanes Malcolm Torry Hamid Tabatabai

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