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Why a Basic Income Is Necessary for a Right to Work

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  • Standing Guy

    (Professor in Development Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London)

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This article makes the proposition that a right to work can only exist if an individual has a prior right to a basic income. It criticizes the perspective that maximizing the number of jobs is a meaningful way of advancing the right to work, since activity in subordinated labour is scarcely consistent with a freedom-enhancing right to work. In recalling the historical right to practise an occupation, it rejects the notion of a “job guarantee”, as neither feasible nor desirable in a free society or as part of a progressive vision of a Good Society.

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  • Standing Guy, 2012. "Why a Basic Income Is Necessary for a Right to Work," Basic Income Studies, De Gruyter, vol. 7(2), pages 19-40, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:bistud:v:7:y:2012:i:2:p:19-40:n:2
    DOI: 10.1515/bis-2013-0007
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