In the midst of growing criticism of current economic orthodoxies and welfare systems, basic income is growing in popularity. This is the first book to discuss existing at examples of basic income, in both rich and poor countries, and to consider its prospects in other places around the world.

DAVID CASASSAS Post-doctoral Fellow in Sociology and Political Theory at the Universitat de Barcelona, SpainDENILSON BANDEIRA COÊLHO Professor of Political Science at the University of Brasília, BrazilEvelyn L. Forget Economist and Professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences at the University of Manitoba, USACLAUDIA HAARMANN holds a PhD in Social Development from UWC and is an ordained Lutheran pastorDIRK HAARMANN holds a PhD in Social Development from UWC and is an ordained Lutheran pastorSEÁN HEALY PhD, Director of Social Justice, IrelandSASCHA LIEBERMANN Assistant Professor at Ruhr-University Bochum, GermanyMATTHEW MURRAY Special Lecturer of Philosophy at Providence College, USAKEITH RANKIN Political Economist at Auckland's Unitec Institute of Technology, AustraliaDANIEL RAVENTÓS teaches at the University of Barcelona, SpainBRIGID REYNOLDS Director of Social Justice, IrelandJEREMY SEEKINGS Director of the Centre for Social Science Research, and Professor of Political Studies and Sociology at the University of Cape Town, South AfricaALLAN SHEAHEN Committee member of the US Basic Income Guarantee Network (USBIG), USA, and a member of the international Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN), BelgiumJOHN TOMLINSON Visiting scholar at the Queensland University of Technology, AustraliaJULIE WARK Australian translator and human rights activist living in Barcelona, SpainKARL WIDERQUIST Visiting Associate Professor in Political Theory atGeorgetown University, Qatar

Introduction PART I: EXPERIMENTS The Basic Income Guarantee in the United States: Past Experience, Current Proposals; K.Widerquist & A.Sheahan Seeing the Sun Rise: The Basic Income Grant Pilot Project in Namibia - Realities and Hopes; C.Haarmann & D.Haarmann Minimum Income in Brazil: A New Model of Innovation Diffusion; D.B.Coêlho The Case for Basic Income in Canada; E.L.Forget PART II: PROPOSALS Basic Income and Republican Freedom in North and South: Financing Proposals for Catalonia and East Timor; D.Cassassas , J.Wark & D.Raventos The Continuing Politics of Basic Income in South Africa; J.Seekings & H.Matisonn Ireland and the Prospects for Basic Income Reform; S.Healy & B.Reynolds Manifold Possibilities, Peculiar Obstacles Basic Income in the German Debate; S.Liebermann Prospects for a Tax-Benefit Reforms in New Zealand that Incorporates a Basic Income; K.Rankin Basic Income in Australia - A Distant Horizon; J.Tomlinson Conclusion