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| Other authors / contributors: | Jhabvala, Renana, author.
Mehta, Soumya Kapoor, author.
Standing, Guy, author.
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| ISBN: | 9781472583130
1472583132
9781472583116
9781472583109
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Online resource; title from pdf information screen (EBSCO, viewed November 26, 2014).
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| Summary: | Would it be possible to provide people with a basic income as a right? The idea has a long history. This book draws on two pilot schemes conducted in the Indian State of Madhya Pradesh, in which thousands of men, women and children were provided with an unconditional monthly cash payment. In a context in which the Indian government at national and state levels spends a vast amount on subsidies and selective schemes that are chronically expensive, inefficient, inequitable and subject to extensive corruption, there is scope for switching at least some of the spending to a modest basic income. Th.
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