Basic income is a potential solution to the mental health crisis. There is limited scientific research that indicates financial security can improve mental health.
Back in the 1970s the Canadian government provided a basic income of $16,000 CAD [$12,424 USD today] to the residents of Dauphin, Manitoba. The rate of hospitalizations for mental illness for mental illness in Dauphin fell by 8.5% during the basic income experiment, Dr. Evelyn Forget of the University of Manitoba’s medical school calculated.
Forget’s analysis indicates that basic income is good for mental health, author Johann Hari claimed in a Vice Canada article , and a […]
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