Eero Suominen [PARK SANG-MOON] Finland is home to the Northern Lights, Santa Claus, cloudberries and berry-foragers, reindeers and wolves and shockingly strong coffee.
But the northern European country has recently gained attention in Korea for its new social welfare policy of universal basic income.
“It is a trial – we have selected 2,000 people in Finland who are unemployed or partly employed and are aged between 25 and 58,” said Finnish Ambassador to Korea Eero Suominen. “They are randomly selected and will be given 560 euros ($595) a month. And they will not lose it, even if they get employed.”The Finnish […]
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