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The Case for Universal Basic Services - Hardcover

Book 6 of 9: The Case For

Coote, Anna; Percy, Andrew

 
9781509539826: The Case for Universal Basic Services
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1509539824 ISBN 13: 9781509539826
Publisher: Polity, 2020

Synopsis

The idea that healthcare and education should be provided as universal public services to all who need them is widely accepted. But why leave it there? Why not expand it to more of life’s essentials? 

In their bold new book, Anna Coote and Andrew Percy argue that this transformational new policy – Universal Basic Services – is exactly what we need to save our societies and our planet. The old argument that free markets and individual choice are the best way to solve pressing problems of poverty, inequality and environmental degradation has led us to catastrophe, and must be abandoned. The authors show that expanding the principle of collective universal service provision to everyday essentials like transport, childcare and housing is not only the best way of tackling many of the biggest problems facing the contemporary world: it’s also efficient, practical and affordable.

Anyone who cares about fighting for a fairer, greener and more democratic world should read this book.

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About the Author

Anna Coote is Principal Fellow at the New Economics Foundation.
Andrew Percy is Co-Director of the Universal Basic Services Network at the UCL Institute for Global Prosperity (IGP).

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Publisher
Polity
Publication date
2020
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1509539824
ISBN 13 
9781509539826
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
140