I found an article about that interesting topic (link below) which also says:
The basic income was popularized by the economist Milton Friedman in the 1960s as a "negative income tax" but is picking up steam in several countries — Canada, India and the Netherlands — and in Silicon Valley. The Dutch city of Utrecht is in the process of a pilot project on basic income, and seven other cities in the country have announced their intention to explore the idea, which has been discussed in the Netherlands since the 1970s.In November, Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk […]
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