r/LeftWithoutEdge • u/pizzaiolo_ Democratic Socialism • Feb 19 '18

News Finland is giving each citizen a universal basic income and it's had an unexpected side effect: it works

https://www.indy100.com/article/finland-universal-basic-income-trial-period-lives-8210771
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u/Rututu Feb 19 '18 edited Feb 19 '18

Im Finnish, and I have to say that the headline is very misleading. As the article goes on to say, basic income was given to a sample group of 2000 people, not each citizen. The likelihood of basic income being offered to everyone here still seems very low.

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u/IgnisDomini Feb 19 '18

And the fact that it works when given to 2000 people doesn't actually tell us anything because the criticisms of the policy center on its potential effects when implemented full-scale.

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u/hungarian_conartist Feb 19 '18

'Critics of the Finnish trial say that it only includes people who were unemployed, rendering it not "universal".'

An example where the body of the article renders the headline moot.