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basic income  

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  • Basic income is an unconditional and universal cash transfer for all individuals in a society, without considering any kinds of entitlement mechanism or precondition, such as means testing. As a result of this unconditionality principle, basic income transfer does not require the performance of any work, or the obligation to accept a job if one is offered. [Source: The SAGE Encyclopedia of World Poverty; Basic Income]

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/basic_income

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