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Basic Income and the Two Dilemmas of the Welfare State
Author(s) -
PARIJS PHILIPPE
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
the political quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.373
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1467-923X
pISSN - 0032-3179
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-923x.1996.tb01567.x
Subject(s) - basic income , sociology , state (computer science) , welfare state , citation , politics , political science , law , computer science , algorithm
Can we avoid a social tragedy? Can we help entering the next century with our welfare states in disarray, with labour's hard-won conquests under deadly threat, and with a growing minority of citizens losing all hope of ever getting a decent job and securing a decent standard of living throughout their existence ? I believe we can, but also that it won't be easy. Both intelligence and will will be badly needed, basically to come to terms with two central dilemmas.