BASIC INCOME - FUTURE OF SOCIAL SECURITY?

Abstract

In article is investigated one of possible options of development of the social security law - introduction of basic income which is understood as the grant guaranteed by the law replacing other social security paid constantly and regularly to all citizens it is not dependent on income level, implementation of work and any other conditions. It is supposed that basic income has to solve two problems: 1) loss by people of an opportunity to earn a living by work because of growth to technological unemployment owing to a wide computerization and robotization of production; 2) the progressing inequality of incomes of the population which can result in social instability. In article development of the concept of basic income, results of experiments on its introduction in a number of the countries are considered. The conclusion is drawn that basic income is a false way of development of social security. First, its introduction will involve enormous costs of the federal budget. Secondly, the guaranteed providing all employable population with passive income can slow down development of human knowledge that will lead to decrease in production and can cause institutional financial crisis. In the third, basic income does not provide the differentiation of social security directed to achievement of justice when overcoming the arising social risks.