Speenhamland, automation and the basic income: A lesson from history?

Frederick Harry Pitts; Lorena Lombardozzi; Neil Warner

Speenhamland, automation and the basic income: A lesson from history?

Frederick Harry Pitts, Lorena Lombardozzi, Neil Warner

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Basic income may not be the ideal response to automation and technological unemployment envisaged by its proponents. In fact, it risks embalming our current economy – defined by low-skilled, low-paid, and unrewarding work – for longer than would otherwise be the case.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	145-155
Number of pages	11
Journal	Renewal: A Journal of Social Democracy
Volume	25
Issue number	3-4
Publication status	Published - 13 Dec 2017

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Digital Societies

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Speenhamland
Automation
Basic income
Postcapitalism
Labour Party
Poor Laws

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Social Form, Social Reproduction and Social Policy: Basic Income, Basic Services, Basic Infrastructure
Lombardozzi, L. & Pitts, F. H., 1 Dec 2020, In: Capital and Class. 44, 4, p. 573-594 22 p.
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Abstract and Concrete Universals: Basic Services, Basic Infrastructure, Basic Income
Lombardozzi, L. & Pitts, F. H., 19 Dec 2018, Futures of Work, 4 4 p.
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Interview: Futures of work and capitalism
Pitts, F. H. & Farras Piera, M. (Editor), 5 Apr 2018
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Speenhamland, automation and the basic income: A lesson from history?

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Social Form, Social Reproduction and Social Policy: Basic Income, Basic Services, Basic Infrastructure

Abstract and Concrete Universals: Basic Services, Basic Infrastructure, Basic Income

Interview: Futures of work and capitalism

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