Maria Lyons combines an analysis of economics with an understanding of inclusion to offer a radical argument for basic income.
Author: Maria Lyons
In this thought-provoking essay Maria Lyons questions the assumption that work - defined narrowly as being in paid employment - is seen as the critical means to have a life of meaning and the means to live. Instead, as she argues, if we break this connection and ensure everyone has a basic income, then we are in a position to explore the real meaning of our lives and the multiple forms of meaning and identity that a full life can offer.
This essay brings together a clear-headed analysis of core economic concepts, together with an understanding of the positive value of diversity and disability which is essential to creating communities that work.
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The publisher is the Centre for Welfare Reform.
Money as a Human Right © Maria Lyons 2019.
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Basic Income, children and families, nature & economics, politics, tax and benefits, Scotland, Paper
