Finland has been running a limited experiment with Universal Basic Income, and has decided to pull the plug . The experiment with so-called universal basic income has captured global attention as a potentially promising way to restore economic security at a time of worry about inequality and automation…. [However the] Finnish government has opted not to continue financing it past this year, a reflection of public discomfort with the idea of dispensing government largess free of requirements that its recipients seek work. There are UBI experiments going on in other parts of the world, but the fact that Finns […]
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