Finland’s universal basic income trial scheme is already paying off: by reducing the stress levels of those who receive it. RELATED: Finland Becomes First Country to Provide Citizens Basic Income 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 the phone would ring, that unemployment services are calling to offer me a job,’” Turunen told Kera News, explaining that […]
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