Yle is following the lives of Marin, Mira and Juha as random recipients of a basic income. Finland’s social benefits administrator Kela began a small basic income trial in 2016, as the government cast about to find a viable solution to stubborn long-term unemployment and a jungle of state assistance payments. The basic income was supposed to simplify benefit payments and remove disincentives to work or start a business.
The trial itself has been harshly criticised by some in the international media, but how do people involved feel? Could an unconditional monthly payment better encourage people who are without work […]
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