FINLAND: New Government Commits to a Basic Income Experiment

The new Finnish government has committed to a Basic Income experiment as part of its programme for government, published last month.The commitment consists of one line: ‘Implement a Basic Income experiment’, in the ‘Health and Welfare’ section of the programme. The main party of government, the Centre Party and the new Prime Minister Juha Sipilä, are known to be supportive of Basic Income, but his new government partners, the populist Finns Party and conservative NCP have not spoken publicly...

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