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Ecological Effects of Basic Income

In: The Palgrave International Handbook of Basic Income

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  • Michael W. Howard

    (University of Maine)

  • Jorge Pinto

    (University of Minho)

  • Ulrich Schachtschneider

    (Unconditional Basic Income Europe)

Abstract

Howard, Pinto and Schachtschneider consider ecological arguments for a Basic Income. Environmental limits mean that economic growth might no longer be possible, and some argue that a Basic Income could afford economic security without continued economic growth. A Basic Income could facilitate work sharing, less energy-intensive work, reduced demand for wasteful positional goods, and experiments in living in the autonomous sector. Green growth strategies, including a carbon fee and dividend, are compared with degrowth strategies that call for an absolute decrease in consumption while including a Basic Income to avoid adverse impact on workers and the poor. The resulting redistribution, however, could increase carbon emissions. This means that Basic Income might require complementary policies, such as work time reduction, in order to reach ecological goals.

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  • Michael W. Howard & Jorge Pinto & Ulrich Schachtschneider, 2019. "Ecological Effects of Basic Income," Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee, in: Malcolm Torry (ed.), The Palgrave International Handbook of Basic Income, chapter 0, pages 111-132, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:etbchp:978-3-030-23614-4_7
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-23614-4_7
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    1. André Cieplinski & Simone D'Alessandro & Chandni Dwarkasing & Pietro Guarnieri, 2022. "Narrowing women’s time and income gaps: an assessment of the synergies between working time reduction and universal income schemes," Working Papers 250, Department of Economics, SOAS University of London, UK, revised Apr 2022.
    2. Katharina Bohnenberger, 2020. "Money, Vouchers, Public Infrastructures? A Framework for Sustainable Welfare Benefits," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(2), pages 1-30, January.
    3. Sophia Seung-Yoon Lee & Ji-eun Lee & Kyo-seong Kim, 2020. "Evaluating Basic Income, Basic Service, and Basic Voucher for Social and Ecological Sustainability," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(20), pages 1-25, October.
    4. Pamela Mcelwee & Esther Turnout & Mireille Chiroleu-Assouline & Jennifer Clapp & Cindy Isenhour & Tim Jackson & Eszter Kelemen & Daniel C Miller & Graciela Rusch & Joachim H Spangenberg & Anthony Wald, 2020. "Ensuring a Post-COVID Economic Agenda Tackles Global Biodiversity Loss," PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint) halshs-02954370, HAL.
    5. Pinto Jorge, 2020. "Environmentalism, Ecologism, and Basic Income," Basic Income Studies, De Gruyter, vol. 15(1), pages 1-12, June.
    6. Mumbunan, Sonny & Maitri, Ni Made Rahayu, 2022. "A Review of Basic Income for Nature and Climate," OSF Preprints bre43, Center for Open Science.
    7. Torry, Malcolm, 2020. "The role of research in the basic income debate in the UK," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 108532, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    8. Cieplinski, André & D'Alessandro, Simone & Dwarkasing, Chandni & Guarnieri, Pietro, 2023. "Narrowing women’s time and income gaps: An assessment of the synergies between working time reduction and universal income schemes," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 167(C).
    9. Yugang He & Jingnan Wang & Xiaodan Gao & Yinhui Wang & Baek Ryul Choi, 2021. "Rural Tourism: Does It Matter for Sustainable Farmers’ Income?," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(18), pages 1-16, September.

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