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“The 122 participants will be paid 1200 euros a month over a three-year study period,” the initiative announced on Tuesday in Berlin. The payments are financed from donations, the project is scientifically evaluated as part of a long-term study. Over 2 million applications

More than two million people applied to participate. “In the next three years we want to empirically research whether and how the unconditional, regular payment of a sum of money that covers more than the subsistence level actually works for people,” explained Jürgen Schupp from DIW Berlin, who is scientifically responsible for the project. What […]

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Receive 1200 euros (about 1765 $ CAN) per month, unconditionally, for 3 years: 122 people, drawn at random from some two million volunteers, will benefit in Germany from this experiment aimed at promoting basic income.

The payments are financed by donations from 181,000 contributors and the project, presented on Tuesday, will be scientifically evaluated as part of a long-term study.

“Over the next three years, we want to empirically investigate whether and how the unconditional and regular payment of a sum of money that covers more than the subsistence level has an effect on the behavior of people,” explained Jürgen […]

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With an estimated 188,000 job vacancies within the hospitality business, pub and restaurant homeowners are beginning to complain about the furlough scheme – particularly, that it has made individuals lose the desire to work. That is unlikely: furlough lined solely 80% % of wages, and given what a wrestle it’s to maintain afloat even on 100% of a pay packet (17.4% of working households are now in relative poverty , the best quantity this century), anybody on minimal wage would in all probability favor work to furlough. Arguably, the million individuals who have left the UK since Brexit may […]

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Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon (Yonhap)

The mayor of Seoul and the governor of Gyeonggi Province, the heads of the two largest local governments in South Korea, exchanged words over the weekend on the topic of basic income support.

While Gyeonggi Gov. Lee Jae-myung proposes prioritizing the equal distribution of funds to people of all socioeconomic levels, Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon wants to give more to those with less income.The two had clashed in the past over the matter, but the conflict flared up again last week when Oh wrote a social media post criticizing Lee’s universal basic income plan.The idea of […]

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CNN — A special congressional election in New Mexico on Tuesday poses an early test of whether Republicans’ strategy of latching Democratic candidates to their party’s most progressive police reform proposals will help the GOP win control of the House in next year’s midterms.

Democratic state Rep. Melanie Stansbury and Republican state Sen. Mark Moores are facing off Tuesday for the 1st District congressional seat vacated by former Rep. Deb Haaland, who became President Joe Biden’s interior secretary.

The central New Mexico district, which includes most of Albuquerque, should be favorable ground for Democrats: The congressional seat has been in Democratic […]

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WWith an estimated 188,000 job openings in the hospitality industry, bar and restaurant owners are beginning to complain about the licensing scheme, specifically, that it has made people lose the will to work. That’s unlikely: leave covered only 80% of wages, and given the struggle it is to stay afloat even with 100% of a wage package (17.4% of working households are now in poverty relative, the highest number of this century), anyone with a minimum wage would probably prefer to work over a license. Arguably the 1 million people who have left the UK since Brexit could have […]

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With an estimated 188,000 job vacancies in the hospitality industry, pub and restaurant owners are starting to complain about the furlough scheme – specifically, that it has made people lose the will to work. That is unlikely: furlough covered only 80% percent of wages, and given what a struggle it is to keep afloat even on 100% of a pay packet (17.4% of working households are now in relative poverty , the highest number this century), anyone on minimum wage would probably prefer work to furlough. Arguably, the million people who have left the UK since Brexit might have […]

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Micheál Martin said the plan will "help kick start a jobs-led economy" Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said the pandemic had a "swift and unprecedented" impact, the largest outside the world wars.

"There is enormous damage to be undone," he said.

The country must now move forward, and as well as generating jobs, address "urgent societal issues", he added.Mr Martin has been setting out the Government’s Economic Recovery Plan which includes "more €3.5 billion in spending supports" and "just under €1 billion" from the EU’s recovery fund.This will "help kick start a jobs-led economy," he said."Clarity and certainty" will be provided over […]

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Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon (Yonhap) The mayor of Seoul and the governor of Gyeonggi Province, the heads of the two largest local governments in South Korea, exchanged words over the weekend on the topic of basic income support.

While Gyeonggi Gov. Lee Jae-myung proposes prioritizing the equal distribution of funds to people of all socioeconomic levels, Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon wants to give more to those with less income.

The two had clashed in the past over the matter, but the conflict flared up again last week when Oh wrote a social media post criticizing Lee’s universal basic income plan.The idea […]

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