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2nd May 2017

Ruth Patrick, For Whose Benefit?

Ruth Patrick, For Whose Benefit? The everyday realities of welfare reform, Policy Press, 2017, xiv + 255 pp, pbk 1 4473 3348 7, £24.99 As Ruth Lister’s foreword to this Read More

2nd May 2017

Widerquist and McCall, Prehistoric Myths in Modern Political Philosophy

Karl Widerquist and Grant S. McCall, Prehistoric Myths in Modern Political Philosophy, Edinburgh University Press, 2017. This book can be downloaded free here. This book, by a philosopher and an Read More

9th April 2017

Paul Spicker, What’s Wrong with Social Security Benefits?

Paul Spicker, What’s Wrong with Social Security Benefits? Policy Press, 2017, vi + 117 pp, 1 4473 3732 4, pbk, £9.99 This is yet another useful book from Paul Spicker Read More

7th April 2017

Van Parijs and Vanderborght, Basic Income

Philippe Van Parijs and Yannick Vanderborght, Basic Income: A radical proposal for a free society and a sane economy, Harvard University Press, 2017, 384 pp, 0 6740 5228 4, hbk, Read More

6th April 2017

Simon Poulter et al, Life Chances: A work of sociological fiction

Simon Poulter, Sophie Mellor, etc., Life Chances: A work of sociological fiction, Life Chances, 2016, ix + 214 pp, pbk, 1 5272 0374 7, £10 Is this a novel? Yes, Read More

31st March 2017

IPR report, The Fiscal and Distributional Implications of Alternative Universal Basic Income

A review of Luke Martinelli, The Fiscal and Distributional Implications of Alternative Universal Basic Income Schemes in the UK, Institute for Policy Research, 2017, 70 pp, pbk, free to download. Read More

29th March 2017

Daniel Sage and Patrick Diamond, Europe’s New Social Reality: The Case Against Universal Basic Income

A review, with a response from Daniel Sage Daniel Sage and Patrick Diamond, Europe’s New Social Reality: The Case Against Universal Basic Income, Policy Network, 2017, free to download here. Read More

5th January 2017

Centre for Social Justice, Reforming Contributory Benefits

Centre for Social Justice (no editor), Reforming Contributory Benefits, Centre for Social Justice, 2016, www.centreforsocialjustice.org.uk/library/reforming-contributory-benefits This report on a discussion that took place in July 2016 raises an important issue: Read More

5th January 2017

Schneider, Pottenger and King, The Distribution of Wealth

Michael Schneider, Mike Pottenger and John E. King, The Distribution of Wealth: Growing inequality? 2nd edition, Edward Elgar, 2016, xiii + 214 pp, 1 78347 643 5, hbk, £75 The Read More

4th January 2017

Muschert, Klocke, Perrucci and Shefner (eds), Agenda for Social Justice: Solutions for 2016

Glenn Muschert, Brian Klocke, Robert Perrucci, and Jon Shefner (eds), Agenda for Social Justice: Solutions for 2016, Policy Press, 2016, 1 4473 3288 6, pbk, xiii + 134 pp, £9.99. Read More