Maybe you're thinking of one of the experiments implementing the basic income guarantee idea [1]. The Wikipedia page mentions successful but limited experiments

Maybe you're thinking of one of the experiments implementing the basic income guarantee idea [1]. The Wikipedia page mentions successful but limited experiments in Canada and India among others. It's also an interesting approach, but I think more as a way to redefine the meaning of work in developed countries. The burden of having to make a living becomes the freedom of contributing what you want and enjoy doing (or getting a high salary for doing what you don't enjoy, as you choose), a great philosophical shift... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_income_guarantee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_income_guarantee