O RBI e o pensamento utópico

Translated title of the contribution: The Universal Basic Income and utopian thought

Daniela Silva, André Azevedo Alves

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Abstract

Universal Basic Income policy proposals are often presented as a utopian project aimed at building a new political, economic, and social reality. We formulate a critical view of such proposals based on two fundamental pillars: first, the skepticism of a theoretical, historical, and anthropological nature regarding projects based on utopian thinking; second, specific objections and constraints to the possible application of rbi in the field of public policy implementation. The article concludes that while rbi is an interesting idealization in the context of political theory, its implementation poses problems that are difficult to solve in most real contexts and, most importantly, rbi projects suffer from many of the risks characteristic of utopian projects and social constructivism.

Translated title of the contributionThe Universal Basic Income and utopian thought
Original languagePortuguese
Pages (from-to)463-476
Number of pages14
JournalAnálise Social
Volume54
Issue number232
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2019

Keywords

  • Universal basic income
  • Utopia
  • Public policy
  • Social constructivism

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