[Josh Martin]
Over the past two weeks Cato Unbound hosted a debate titled “The Basic Income and the Welfare State”, which contained four articles. First, Zwolinski outlined a pragmatic libertarian case for a basic income that served as the lead article to which the other three authors would respond. The following three articles from Manzi, Huemer, and Frank dug into different arguments for and against a basic income from a libertarian perspective. Each author offered their take on the basic income and sparked many responses throughout the web on the topic of libertarians and the basic income.
To read the four posts, click on the link below to the Cato Unbound page:
To read some responses to these posts, click on the following links:
Elizabeth Nolan Brown, “Libertarians Debate Basic Income Guarantee”, Reason, 4 August 2014.
Mike Konczal, “The Pragmatic Libertarian Case for a Basic Income Doesn’t Add Up”, Next New Deal, 8 August 2014.
Jesse Walker, “Making the Welfare State Less Intrusive”, Reason, 5 August 2014.
Fitsnews, “The Notorious (Basic Income Guarantee)”, Fitsnews, 4 August 2014.
Cato Unbound is hosting a month-long discussion on "The Basic Income and the Welfare State"
