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

Frederick Harry Pitts, Lorena Lombardozzi, Neil Warner

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    Abstract

    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 languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)145-155
    Number of pages11
    JournalRenewal: A Journal of Social Democracy
    Volume25
    Issue number3-4
    Publication statusPublished - 13 Dec 2017

    Research Groups and Themes

    • Digital Societies

    Keywords

    • Speenhamland
    • Automation
    • Basic income
    • Postcapitalism
    • Labour Party
    • Poor Laws

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