Basic Income in Japan

Basic Income in Japan is the first collective volume in English entirely devoted to the discussion of Japan''s potential for a basic income program in the context of the country''s changing welfare state. Vanderborght and Yamamori bring together over a dozen contributors to provide a general overview of the scholarly debate on universal and unconditional basic income, including a foreword by Ronald Dore. Drawing on empirical data on poverty and inequality as well as normative arguments, this balanced approach to a radical idea is essential reading for the study of contemporary Japan.