Unconditional Basic Income as a Modern Trend in the Development of Social Security Mechanisms
https://doi.org/10.26794/1999-849X-2022-15-3-143-150
Abstract
The relevance of the work is due to both the need to revise existing social security mechanisms and the development of a system of support for low-income segments of the population through the introduction into practice of the use of unconditional basic income as one of the mechanisms for overcoming economic and social inequality due to the inability of the modern social security system in the Russian Federation to fully smooth out existing social inequality and ensure adequate protection of certain categories population.
The subject of the study mechanisms. The purpose of the work is unconditional basic income as a promising direction for the development of social security is to determine the key directions for the development of social security mechanisms in terms of the introduction of unconditional basic income into the practical plane.
The article examines the theoretical essence and features of such a social support tool as an unconditional basic income. The main problems in the field of law enforcement practice on the stated topic are formulated as a modern trend in the development of social security mechanisms based on foreign experience in implementing the concept of unconditional income in practice and an assessment of the prospects for the introduction of such a tool in the Russian Federation is given.
During the research, methods of analysis, synthesis and comparison were used based on the literal and systematic interpretation of the norms of the current legal regulation.
As a result of the study, the necessity of reforming the Russian social security system with the implementation in the future of the application of certain elements of unconditional basic income in practice is substantiated.
About the Author
A. L. Belousov
Financial University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Andrey L. Belousov — Cand. Sci. (Econ.), Assoc. Prof., Department of Legal Regulation of Economic Activity.
Moscow
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Belousov A.L. Unconditional Basic Income as a Modern Trend in the Development of Social Security Mechanisms. Economics, taxes & law. 2022;15(3):143-150. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.26794/1999-849X-2022-15-3-143-150
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