Thursday, April 19, 2018

Finland's two-year universal basic income experiment is coming to an end

The Finnish government is planning to conclude its much-touted universal basic income experiment at the end of the original two-year study period rather than extend it, and has shown signs that it may be moving in a different direction. "Right now, the government is making changes that are taking the system further away from a basic income,” Kela researcher Miska Simanainen told Svenska Dagbladet. Since early 2017, 2,000 unemployed Finns between the ages of 25 and 58 have been receiving an unconditional...

from Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building https://inhabitat.com/finlands-two-year-universal-basic-income-experiment-is-coming-to-an-end
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