A necessidade de implementação de uma renda básica, universal e incondicional: uma proposta para a criação de uma política nacional sobre renda mínima

Abstract

The present work has the general objective of discussing the need to implement a national public policy on basic income, keeping as a reference the experience of the municipality of Maricá-RJ, to achieve the refoundation of the social state in Brazil, whose relevance was evidenced by the COVID-19 pandemic. To fulfill the established purpose, some characteristics of a welfare state and the main doctrinal proposals on the subject will be analyzed. Then, the basics of the minimum income model and the need for its implementation will be presented. Facing up to the proposed problem will require an analysis of the factors and criteria that contribute to the minimum income expansion policy and its importance for the refoundation of the social state in Brazil. The research developed is bibliographical, based on books and periodicals on the subject, in addition to consulting databases produced by official websites, such as the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics - IBGE and the Institute for Applied Economic Research - IPEA on the subject. It then proceeds to a critical analysis of whether the institution of minimum income would contribute to overcoming crises, especially as an important public policy for the refoundation of the social state in Brazil. The conclusions show the need to promote public policies for the institution of minimum income as a way to minimize the impacts of growing social inequality and poverty, thus contributing to the refoundation of the social state in Brazil.