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Interesting exercise in spin here. The German state media tagesschau.de [1] phrases it like this: > Finns take stock soberly > More security, fewer depression
by black_puppydog 6y ago
Interesting exercise in spin here. The German state media tagesschau.de [1] phrases it like this:
> Finns take stock soberly
> More security, fewer depressions: the Finnish UBI experiment benefited the participants. Alas, the results show: the desired effect for the work market cannot be shown.
For me, the German title reads very much like "this doesn't work" while the article mentions that the results regarding the market cannot be distinguished from other interfering changes to the social welfare system that were made in the meantime.
Which funnily reminds me of the top comment in the current ad-tech thread [2]: "The hard part is convincing the [people in charge] to stop messing with stuff long enough that you can actually measure the results."
[1]: https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/grundeinkommen-finnland-103.html https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/grundeinkommen-finnland-10...
[2]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23103492 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23103492
- pdeuchler 6y agoYeah some pretty clear propaganda going on... from reading the released summary of the study the vast majority of dependents that did not find employment seem to live in job deserts and economically depressed areas. Obviously UBI won't increase employment if nobody is hiring.