Germany to test universal basic income by handing people £1,080 per month regardless of whether they have a job

German researchers will give a group of people £1,080 per month as part of an experiment to see whether universal basic income could work.

The study will see 120 people handed the cash with no means testing or limits on how it is spent, then monitored to see how their attitudes and behaviours change.

Another group of 1,380 people will not be given any money but will still have their attitudes and behaviours monitored, to see how they compare. The experiment, which is being funded by an economic institute called My Basic Income using donations, will run for three years. PLAY […]

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