Basic Income: The Policy That Changes Everything, published by Bristol University Press (£9.99), is the Common Sense Policy Group’s bold new book that ties together theory with groundbreaking evidence from real-world trials to show why Basic Income isn’t just possible – it’s the vital solution to our age of crisis, paving the way for a fairer society.
It explores the ripple effects of financial security – better health, stronger communities, more education, meaningful work, and engaged citizenship. By breaking the cycle of poverty, basic income unlocks access to essentials like food and housing, empowers people, and fuels long-term thinking and entrepreneurship.
The book explores rigorous research on the following topics in an accessible and relevant and manner:
1. Why basic income?
2. Securing the basics: reducing poverty
3. Freedom from stress
4. Changing behaviour and strengthening communities
5. Care across generations
6. A collective return on investment
7. If you like basic income, you’re in the majority
The new book follows the publication of Act Now: A vision for a better future and a new social contract in 2024, a book which was written as a blueprint for policy reform in Britain by the Common Sense Policy Group and released before last year’s General Election.
“Just as it was once thought impossible that we would pay unemployment benefit to those without work, so too many cannot imagine the implementation of basic income. You don’t need to be in that group: read this book!”
“This book shows why Basic Income isn’t just possible – it’s a vital solution to our age of crisis, paving the way for a fairer society, and ending the myriad of welfare mechanisms that often allow some of the most vulnerable people in society to fall through the cracks to face poverty and hunger. The point of the Basic Income is not to replace an open economy or paid work, but to enhance it. The purpose is to put a sound floor under everyone’s feet to give people a level of security and freedom that benefits all areas of life.”
