Technological Unemployment, Basic Income, and Well-being

Table of contents

1. Cover
2. Half Title
3. Series Page
4. Title Page
5. Copyright Page
6. Table of Contents
7. Figures
8. Introduction
   1. References
9. 1 Three waves of technological unemployment
   1. 1.1 The first wave and the theory of compensation
   2. 1.2 The second wave and the rise of inequality
   3. 1.3 The third wave and the great decoupling
   4. 1.4 Is full unemployment a concrete possibility?
   5. 1.5 What will happen in the meantime? The road to full-unemployment equilibrium
   6. References
10. 2 Possible policy solutions to counteract the rise of technological unemployment and its consequences
    1. 2.1 Taxing robots, subsidizing human workers
    2. 2.2 Boosting education and/or professional training
    3. 2.3 Reducing per-capita working hours
    4. 2.4 Quotas…
    5. 2.5 …and the tradable permits approach
    6. 2.6 Employment Protection Legislation and Unemployment Benefits
    7. 2.7 Collectivizing firms (or similar policies)
    8. 2.8 Universal Basic Income
    9. References
11. 3 Basic Income
    1. 3.1 Basic Income and its history
    2. 3.2 Basic Income as a welfare instrument
    3. 3.3 Basic Income and labor supply
    4. 3.4 Basic Income as an instrument for counteracting technological unemployment
    5. 3.5 Creative work, prosocial behavior, and Basic Income
    6. 3.6 Is Basic Income financially sustainable?
    7. References
12. 4 Well-being and Behavioral Economics
    1. 4.1 Behavioral Economics and Happiness Economics
    2. 4.2 Well-being and its causes
    3. 4.3 Behavioral Economics and theoretical tools to measure the impact of Basic Income on well-being
    4. 4.4 The dynamics of well-being over time
    5. References
13. 5 The well-being impact of an unconditional Basic Income
    1. 5.1 Measuring the impact of technological unemployment on well-being
    2. 5.2 Measuring the impact of redistributive policies on well-being: the well-being impossibility theorem
    3. 5.3 The impact of Basic Income on well-being
    4. 5.4 Comparing Basic Income with conventional policy tools
    5. 5.5 Does Basic Income reduce well-being?
    6. References
14. 6 Concluding remarks: an alternative/complementary policy proposal
    1. 6.1 Summing up: technological unemployment, Basic Income, and well-being
    2. 6.2 Would a higher (and rising) Basic Income be the best solution?
    3. 6.3 An alternative/complementary policy proposal
    4. 6.4 Final considerations: employment or income?
    5. References
15. Index