Philippe Van Parijs
Belgian professor, philosopher and economist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Philippe Van Parijs (French: [filip vɑ̃ paʁɛjs]; born 23 May 1951) is a Belgian political philosopher and political economist, best known as a proponent and main defender of the concept of an unconditional basic income[2] and for the first systematic treatment of linguistic justice.[3]
Philippe Van Parijs | |
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Born | Philippe Van Parijs (1951-05-23) 23 May 1951 (age 72) |
Nationality | Belgian |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | UC Berkeley Bielefeld University Oxford University Université catholique de Louvain Saint-Louis University, Brussels |
Influences | Karl Marx, John Rawls |
Academic work | |
Era | 20th-century philosophy, 21st-century philosophy |
School or tradition | Analytical Marxism Left-libertarianism[1] |
Main interests | Political philosophy, political economy, distributive justice |
Notable ideas | Universal basic income, linguistic justice, language tax, real freedom |
In 2020, he was listed by Prospect as the eighth-greatest thinker for the COVID-19 era, with the magazine writing, "Today’s young UBI enthusiasts draw on the books and tap the networks of this Belgian polymath, who championed it before it was fashionable. For decades, he has warned that our proclaimed freedoms to start businesses or raise children count for nothing without the real freedom that comes with a basic income".[4]