Under Finland’s traditional unemployment program, those lacking jobs are effectively discouraged from accepting temporary positions or starting businesses, because extra income risks the loss of their benefits. For more than a year, Finland has been testing the proposition that the best way to lift economic fortunes may be the simplest: Hand out money without rules or restrictions on how people use it. Now, the experiment is ending. The Finnish government has opted not to continue financing it …
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/24/business/finland-universal-basic-income.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/24/business/finland-universal-basic-income.html