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Utrecht is one of four Dutch cities trying to figure out what happens if you give your citizens free money.

Basic income (BI) is getting a lot of press these days. From Switzerland’s upcoming referendum to give each citizen 2,50…

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basWould Germany be a better place if each citizen received a no-strings-attached government check for $1,100 a month?
Would people still get out of bed each day and go to work or do something else productive even with that unconditional basic income of 1,000 euros, less than half the average German...

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Finland wants to scrap all existing benefits and instead hand out 800 euros per month—to everyone.

Nygren believes a Bitcoin-driven basic income is a distinct possibility and he invites others to join his community that is trying to implement such an idea. Johan Nygren, “The Next Wave of Basic Income Activism: Distributed Safety Nets”, Medium, 26 March 2015. About Josh Martin Josh Martin has written 230 articles. Josh Martin is a recent graduate of St. Olaf

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Universal basic income (UBI) has the air of an idea whose time has come. Basic income, defined as a regular income paid to all members of a society on an individual basis without work requirements, has rapidly gained attention and support in recent years, in spite of a political climate that remains largely hostile to the Left.

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Nevertheless, the municipalities are, in the words of de Boer, taking a “small step” towards a basic income for all by allowing small groups of benefit claimants to be paid £660 a month – and keep any earnings they make from work on top of that. Their monthly pay will not be means-tested. They will instead have the security of that cash every month, and the option to decide whether they want to add to that by finding work. The outcomes will be analysed by eminent economist Loek Groot, a professor at the University of Utrecht.

In the last couple of days BBC, Forbes, Independent, Mashable, Telegraph, Time and Quartz among other media outlets have have written about Finland’s experiment with basic income on a national level. However, none of the articles uncover the reason why Finland can pull off such ambitious policies in an age where so many government are left powerless with even smallest of changes in the way society works. The bigger change is buried under the stream of international news regarding the world’s largest basic income trial. With a closer look, one…

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"This is a program that ensures that everyone can live with dignity."

There has been some discussion lately of a guaranteed basic income. Instead of welfare, everyone, regardless of age or wealth will receive…

A plan to give away no-strings-attached money is gaining traction.