Europe’s first national experiment in giving citizens free cash has attracted huge media attention
But one year in, what does this project really hope to prove?
- Jon Henley in Helsinki
- The Guardian
One year on from its launch, the world remains fascinated by Finland’s groundbreaking universal basic income trial: Europe’s first national, government-backed experiment in giving citizens free cash.
In January 2017, the Nordic nation began paying a random but mandatory sample of 2,000 unemployed people aged 25 to 58 a monthly €560 (£475).
There is no obligation either to seek or accept employment during the…