Finland, my native country, has decided to end its experiment with universal basic income. This is good news.
At the beginning of last year, 2,000 unemployed, randomly selected Finns have received a tax-free basic income of €560 ($690) a month, with no strings attached. They don’t need look for a job, and should they find one, they can keep receiving the money until the trial ends later this year. (You can read more about the experiment in the Business Insider article here ).
While both the proponents and critics of universal basic income have argued for and against it mainly on […]
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