Basic Income and Income Support in the Modern Welfare State

Income support raises particularly interesting challenges for the formation of a modern social contract. Who should be assisted? What should be the level of assistance? How should eligibility be established?

By examining three types of recipient - the unemployed, retired, and the disabled - these policy briefs and report examine the prevailing policies and trends in Western countries, from the American model to the Scandinavian, including an assesment of the provocative proposal of a guaranteed basic income.

Contributors: Amir Paz-Fuchs, Peter Edelman, Amitai Etzioni, Charles Murray, Michael Opielka, Dalmer Hoskins, Avia Spivak, Frank Bloch