Finnish basic income trial on track despite reports it was failing

Finnish basic income trial on track despite reports it was failing

About 2000 unemployed people aged 25 to 58 were paid a tax-free €560 monthly income in the trial FINLAND has said the Nordic country’s trailblazing basic income experiment is going ahead as planned.

The confirmation comes after media reports that the trial has fallen flat. Government social affairs official Miska Simanainen said the trial, in which about 2000 unemployed people aged 25 to 58 are paid a tax-free €560 monthly income with no questions asked, “is proceeding as planned” with “no changes in direction”.

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