Finland denies media claims basic income trial fallen flat

Finland denies media claims basic income trial fallen flat

20 Euro bank notes are displayed in Frankfurt, Germany, on March 4, 2015. (Michael Probst / AP) HELSINKI — Finland on Wednesday said the Nordic country’s trailblazing basic income experiment is going ahead as planned, denying media reports that the trial has fallen flat.

Government social affairs official Miska Simanainen told The Associated Press that the trial — in which about 2,000 unemployed people aged 25 to 58 are paid a tax-free 560-euro (US$680) monthly income with no questions asked — "is proceeding as planned " with "no changes in direction."

Finland became the first country in Europe to start such […]

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