For the last five months, Finland has been giving 2,000 citizens unconditional income. The country is already seeing benefits, with one being citizens are reporting decrease stress.
The scheme, which is the first of its kind in Europe, provides recipients with €560 ($624) every month for two years. Those receiving the money don’t have to report whether or not they are looking for work or how they are spending the money, which is deducted from any benefits they are currently receiving. Marjukka Turnen, the head of KELA, a legal unit at the social insurance agency, said the scheme was having […]
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