Common sense. It’s not like finnish people have their jobs taken by automation left and right.

I don’t think there’s one. And the experiment makes no sense to me – they took 2000 unemployed people and gave them monthly free money. What are we testing for here?

Isn’t universal income has to be universal? How is this different from unemployment benefits? This is just a publicity stunt.This is just coming off as you not looking up what the deal here is. Point was to study whether basic income would allow people to make new career moves, get trained or better educated […]

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Finland’s basic income experiment made headlines around the world when it launched in 2017, and is now in its second and final year.

The project involves 2000 unemployed Finns, who receive roughly $690 every month – no strings attached. No official findings have yet been published, but some participants reported lower stress levels at an early stage.

While the experiment is still attracting attention internationally, Finnish decision-makers have already made a silent U-turn, scrapping plans to extend the project.The Finnish government is now eyeing different social welfare solutions. Since the beginning of last year, […]

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