Finland's
basic income trial falls flat
Currently 2,000 unemployed Finns are receiving a flat
monthly payment of €560 (£490; $685) as basic income.
"The eagerness of the government is evaporating.
They rejected extra funding [for it]," said Olli Kangas, one of the
experiment's designers.
Some see basic income as a way to get unemployed people
into temporary jobs.
The argument is that, if paid universally, basic income
would provide a guaranteed safety net. That would help to address insecurities
associated with the "gig" economy, where workers do not have staff
contracts.
Supporters say basic income would boost mobility in the
labour market as people would still have an income between jobs
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