Universal Basic Income Is Our Best Weapon Against The Rising Far Right

Universal Basic Income Is Our Best Weapon Against The Rising Far Right

Farmers protest falling prices and the plight of the Finnish agriculture sector. Helsinki, Finland. March 11, 2016. LONDON ― A groundbreaking pilot project launched this week in Finland. The government is going to give a randomly selected group of 2,000 unemployed citizens a monthly income of $587 with no strings attached and no need to report how they spend it. The project aims to test the feasibility of a program ― called basic income ― that’s worked in earlier pilot projects elsewhere in the world.

Basic income ― also known as universal basic income and basic minimum income ― is […]

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