Two Arguments for Basic Income : Thomas Paine (1737-1809) and Thomas Spence (1750-1814)

Q2 Arts and Humanities

History of Economic Ideas Pub Date : 2006-01-01 DOI:10.1400/54091

J. King, J. Marangos

引用次数: 20

Abstract

In the 1790s the radical thinkers Tom Paine and Thomas Spence were among the first to advocate the payment of a Basic Income as a right to all citizens. In this paper we outline Paine’s position, as set out in The Rights of Man (1791-1792) and in Agrarian Justice (1795), and compare it with the case made by Spence in The Rights of Infants (1797). We show that their arguments were surprisingly complex, and included utilitarian grounds for supporting Basic Income in addition to an assertion of the individual’s right to existence and to a share in the produce of nature.

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基本收入的两个论点:托马斯·潘恩(1737-1809)和托马斯·斯宾塞(1750-1814)

18世纪90年代，激进的思想家汤姆•潘恩(Tom Paine)和托马斯•斯宾塞(Thomas Spence)率先倡导将基本收入作为所有公民的一项权利。在本文中，我们概述了潘恩在《人权》(1791-1792)和《土地正义》(1795)中所阐述的立场，并将其与斯宾塞在《婴儿权利》(1797)中提出的观点进行比较。我们表明，他们的论点出乎意料地复杂，除了主张个人的生存权和分享自然产品的权利外，还包括支持基本收入的功利主义理由。

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