A Basic Income is Feasible: But What Do We Mean by ‘Feasible’?

Abstract

Where arguments against feasibility are discovered then the paper will ask whether it might be possible to formulate and then implement strategies to turn non-feasibility to feasibility. An important question to discuss will be whether the feasibilities are 1. additive, 2. conjunctive, or 3. disjunctive: that is, 1. will the strength of each feasibility contribute to the strength of a more generalized feasibility? 2. will the strength of the feasibility with the least strength determine the strength of a more general feasibility? or 3. will the strength of the strongest feasibility determine the strength of a more general feasibility? (Analogies: 1. a tug of war is additive; 2. a relay race is conjunctive; and 3. a pub quiz is disjunctive.) The paper will draw conclusions about a Basic Income’s feasibility. Introduction