The UBI Bait and Switch

The UBI Bait and Switch

Finnish prime minister Juha Sipilä on December 7, 2016. FinnishGovernment / Flickr The new issue of Jacobin is out now. To mark its release, we’re offering discounted introductory subscriptions . arlier this month, Finland launched its much-anticipated universal basic income (UBI) experiment. Media accounts of the new program have been roundly glowing, a fact not lost on Finnish leaders looking to build up the country’s image as Socially Innovative Finland .

Much of this positive international attention is justified. Finland is on the bleeding edge of an increasingly popular idea about how the welfare state should evolve. But Finland’s experiment […]

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