In January 2017, Finland began to pay a random sample of 2,000 unemployed, aged 25 to 58, 560 per month.
There was no obligation to look for or accept work during the two-year trial period launched at the initiative of the center-right government, which has imposed several austerity measures in the country.Even if they were in a job, they would continue to receive the same amount each month.
According to Independent, the Universal Basic Income (UBI) “experiment” was set in the hope of reducing total social security costs and the unemployment rate by encouraging people to find paid work […]
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