Renta Básica Incondicional y Economía Social: un intento de relación

Abstract

During the last years there has been a growing interest in some, until recently, unknown economic terms. These terms include the Social Economy and Unconditional Basic Income, concepts that during their intense history have not had an easy way to permeate society. The Social Economy has strongly struggled with neoliberalism's hegemony, a well-established economic model since the late 1970s/early 1980s that, despite many cyclical crisis that have shaken global economy, seems to last over time. As for Unconditional Basic Income is concerned, the general perspective has been that giving money without conditions or duties promotes laziness, dependency and that it is extremely expensive. This article tries to associate these two ideas and analyzing them together examines the different approaches they provide to the same starting point. Once looked at both concepts, a connection attempt is made between them in order to enact a new state of social protection and freedom beyond individualistic values that reside in neoliberalism.