Finland began a Universal Basic Income (UBI) pilot at the start of 2017. Will its findings be useful in informing the policy debate in New Zealand? The idea of a UBI scheme has attracted growing interest in recent years: the New Zealand Treasury produced a paper on the topic in 2010 ; in 2016 a Labour Party commissioned discussion paper considered an annual basic income of $211 as an alternative to existing social welfare programmes ( Harris and Bierema, 2016 ); a UBI for some groups is policy for The Opportunities Party , and a number of AUT briefing […]
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