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>Finland's two-year pilot scheme started in January 2017, making it the first European country to test an unconditional basic income. The 2,000 participants - a
by medlazik 8y ago
>Finland's two-year pilot scheme started in January 2017, making it the first European country to test an unconditional basic income. The 2,000 participants - all unemployed - were chosen randomly.
560€ for the unemployed? We've had this in France for decades[1]. Not sure why they needed such an experiment.
[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revenu_de_solidarit%C3%A9_active https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revenu_de_solidarit%C3%A9_acti...
- scarmig 8y agoThe difference is that you lose the money when you get a job. That acts as a disincentive to job seeking. UBI attempts to get around that by making the grant unconditional.
- tjoff 8y agoI don't know how it is in France but I think the keyword here is unconditional. I'd guess most countries require you to actively look for jobs and potentially force you to accept any reasonable job you might get or you loose the "income".
- medlazik 8y agoOf course, missed that part. My point was more about the 560€ which is ridiculous as an incentive to anything. The RSA is regarded as poors staying poor and profiteers gaming the system to keep having it. It was pretty clear an unconditional 560€ wouldn't have changed anything.