It seems paradoxical to characterise Finland’s universal basic income experiment as a success in policymaking, especially after global news outlets rushed to pronounce its failure. In fact, the experiment was scheduled – from the start – to conclude at the end of 2018, and it is also not ending because of “failure”: Kela, the country’s national welfare body, “ has refused to publish any results until it is finished, for privacy reasons and to avoid biasing outcomes ”. In this vein, with the initial hypothesis that a basic income would “ promote employment ” and the implementation of a […]
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