ABSTRACT
Andre Gorz who was a social philosopher his programme for societal reconstruction consisted in paying an income supplement to everyone participating in paid work. The basic income does not break the hegemony of economic rationality in the public domain. A basic income risks turning the economic sphere into the exclusive domain of profit fanatics and efficiency maniacs, while those on benefits or those risking becoming unemployed will become more and more marginalised. The unconditional income will be no more than a favour granted by the State. It places its beneficiaries in a relation of dependence without according them any power or any rights. In 1997, Gorz argues that only an unconditional basic income reaches the dual goal of limiting professional activities in favour of multi-activity and reducing the need to struggle for a job on a highly saturated labour market.
