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Between 2017 and 2018, one Nordic country ran a famous trial paying 2,000 unemployed people a fixed monthly sum with no strings attached.
Finland ran the trial because its government wanted real-world evidence on whether guaranteed cash, given with no conditions or job-search requirements, could support unemployed citizens without discouraging them from working. Two thousand people already receiving unemployment benefits were randomly selected to instead receive a fixed monthly payment, and researchers compared their outcomes to a similar group that stayed on the traditional benefits system.
Portugal has experimented with various social welfare reforms but not this particular no-strings basic income trial, and New Zealand has debated the idea in policy circles without running a comparable government-backed pilot at this scale.
The results showed recipients reporting notably better wellbeing and lower stress, with employment rates only marginally different from the control group, fueling ongoing debate over whether basic income could work at national scale.
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