Germany is launching a new experiment in basic income

Germany is launching a new experiment in basic income

Jürgen Schupp, left, a senior research fellow at the German Institute for Economic Research, is leading a new long-term study on basic income. Starting this month, life is about to get easier for 120 Germans. They will receive 1,200 euros ($1,430) every month for three years, as part of a new experiment in basic income.

The general idea behind basic income — that the government should give every citizen a regular infusion of free money with no strings attached — has moved from the fringes into the mainstream over the past few years, with several countries running trials to test […]

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