Finland’s Basic Income Trial is Already Reducing the Working Class’ Stress Levels

Finland’s Basic Income Trial is Already Reducing the Working Class’ Stress Levels

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Mire Ibrahim waves the Finnish flag during a demonstration against racism where an estimated 15,000 people attended in Helsinki, Finland on July 28th, 2015. | Photo: Reuters Finland’s universal basic income trial scheme is already paying off: by reducing the stress levels of those that receive it.Marjukka Turunen, head of KELA, the legal component of Finland’s social insurance agency, said that in addition to cutting bureaucracy, reducing costs and tackling poverty, the trial is already having a positive effect on people’s mental health.“There was this one woman who said: ‘I was afraid every time […]

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