Suppose we give everyone in the Netherlands a basic income, without conditions. Is the basic income (money for free) too good to be true? VPRO Backlight explores the possibilities of the basic income, also called universal basic income. Suppose we give everyone in the Netherlands a basic income, without conditions. Free money sounds too good to be true? Now we know that some of the existing jobs will disappear due to robotisation and algorithms , and that the current system of benefits and surcharges is too complex and accusatory and fraud sensitive, isn’t the basic income at least worth […]
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