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I'm from Finland and the only place I keep hearing about this "plan" is from foreign media. Its just a experimental study. I'd be surprised if anything came out
by petke 11y ago
I'm from Finland and the only place I keep hearing about this "plan" is from foreign media. Its just a experimental study. I'd be surprised if anything came out of it. Finland is not some utopia where magical things happen. We are in a long recession and the govt is cutting social benefits left and right. This thing is a fantasy only foreign media takes seriously.
- MrTonyD 11y agoDenmark is also worried about growth. But they have started a program to reduce hours at some select hospitals - to see if they could convert some of the GDP growth into higher quality of life for those workers. And I read that Sweden has been trying a similar program - reducing working hours at some public institutions in order to convert the past decade's GDP growth into a better life. Really, a program for basic income is neither Utopian nor magical - it is just a reasonable thing to try.