Common Wealth Dividends: History and Theory

by Brent Ranalli

Common wealth dividends are universal cash payments funded by fees on the private use of common resources like land, minerals, and the atmosphere as a carbon sink. Thomas Paine's 1797 pamphlet Agrarian Justice and Alaska's Permanent Fund Dividend are staples in the literature on Basic Income, but there is much more to common wealth dividends beyond these highlights, and common wealth dividends have a distinctive ethical justification and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030724158
• ISBN13: 9783030724153
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.3"