Finland has completed a major trial into the effects of a basic income, and the preliminary results are positive . Recipients felt happier, less stressed, trusted politicians more, and even felt more comfortable on the same levels of income as people that did not receive a basic income.
“The findings are broadly positive, but there are still a lot of unanswered questions,” Luke Martinelli, a research associate from the Institute for Policy Research at the University of Bath, tells Inverse . “There are some significant results on self-reported well-being and levels of trust in other people and institutions.”
The findings, shared […]
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