Basic Income, Disability Pensions and the Australian Political Economy Envisioning Egalitarian Transformation, Funding and Sustainability

Global developments in basic income have reinvigorated political debates on the necessity of progressing to universal basic income implementation. Basic income is a powerful strategy for addressing poverty gaps and growing inequality. This book provides new insights and strategies from an Australian political economy perspective to respond to implementation challenges and distributive justice. The book positions the disability dimension and disability pensions in relation to basic income to explore strategies for strengthening universal provisions. It illustrates the need for socially just conditions and adequate financing to underpin redistribution as a way of safeguarding the sustainability of basic income.

1. Introduction: Basic Income, Fit for Australia and the Fairness Test

Part I. Political Economy

2. Basic Income in Australia and Disability Conceptions

3. Basic Income, Disability Dimension and the Fairness Test

4. Reconfiguring Social Security Arrangements and Strengthening Public Services

Part II. Policy Synergy

5. Financing a Basic Income: Explorations of International Models for Application in Australia

Part III. Policy Implementation

7. Future Vision: Building a Sustainable Basic Income and Society