Arguments stack up in favor of universal basic income

Arguments stack up in favor of universal basic income

Italy’s labor and industry minister Luigi Di Maio, right, and Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte unveil the first ‘citizenship wage’ card for its new universal basic income on February 4, 2019 in Rome. (AFP) The initial results from a bold Finnish experiment with universal basic income (UBI) have come out and are being analyzed. However, most experts involved in the experiment, which saw the Finnish government give 560 euros ($630) a month to a randomly selected group of 2,000 people for two years, indicate that the recipients were happier.

While it will take months, if not years, to completely analyze the […]

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