The Finnish government began an experiment at the beginning of this year to select at random 2,000 unemployed persons (white- and blue-collar, construction workers, etc.) and give them the equivalent of about $587 U. S. dollars automatically every month for two years. No strings attached. The government will then study what happens to these people after two years. The lucky jobless recipients are free to spend the money, called “basic income” anyway they choose, and if they get a job or start a business and make a profit, they still keep the free money. They don’t have to report […]
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