The Origins of Universal Grants: An Anthology of Historical Writings on Basic Capital and Basic Income

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Acknowledgements......Page 10
Introduction......Page 11
Part I Basic Capital Proposals......Page 32
1 Agrarian Justice (1797)......Page 34
2 Some Causes of Popular Poverty, Derived from the Enriching Nature of Interests, Rents, Duties, Inheritances, and Church Establishments, Investigated in their Principles and Consequences, and Agreement with…......Page 48
3 The Rights of Man to Property! Being a Proposition to Make it Equal among the Adults of the Present Generation: and to Provide for its Equal Transmission to Every Individual of Each Succeeding Generation, on Arriving…......Page 54
4 Brownson’s Defence. Defence of the Article on the Laboring Classes. From the Boston Quarterly Review (1840)......Page 63
5 The Right to Labour and Property (1848)......Page 79
6 Natural Law, or Justice as a New Governance for Society according to the Destiny of Man (1854)......Page 87
7 Social Economics (1874)......Page 104
Part II Basic Income Proposals......Page 110
8 The Rights of Infants (1797)......Page 112
9 Agrarian Equality – To Mr. R. Carlile, Dorchester Gaol (1824)......Page 123
10 Letter to the High Judge (1803)......Page 130
11 Solution of the Social Problem or Humanitarian Constitution, Based upon Natural Law, and Preceded by the Exposition of Reasons (1848)......Page 134
12 Scheme for a State Bonus (1918)......Page 152
13 A Reasonable Revolution. Being a Discussion of the State Bonus Scheme – a Proposal for a National Minimum Income (1919)......Page 165
14 The Community’s Credit. A Consideration of the Principles and Proposals of the Social Credit Movement (1922)......Page 172
15 (I) The Next Ten Years in British Social and Economic Policy (1929)......Page 180
15 (II) Principles of Economic Planning (1935)......Page 183
16 Something to Look Forward To. A Suggestion for a New Social Contract (1943)......Page 192
References......Page 201
C......Page 203
E......Page 204
I......Page 205
L......Page 206
P......Page 207
S......Page 208
U......Page 209
Y......Page 210