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06-03-2017, 01:45 PM
Universal basic income experiments are popping up all over Europe
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More Europeans are about to get some free money in the name of eco**mics research.
The European Union is funding a new universal basic income (http://mashable.com/2017/01/05/universal-basic-income-2017-year-ahead/#nWZs4R0ofDqp?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) experiment in Barcelona alongside similar tests in Helsinki and the Dutch city of Ultrecht.
SEE ALSO: Could 2017 be the year people take universal basic income seriously? (http://mashable.com/2017/01/05/universal-basic-income-2017-year-ahead/)
Around 1,000 low-income households in one of the city's poorest districts will be randomly selected to receive monthly payments of between €400 ($450) and €525 ($590) for two years. All told, the three programs will cost the EU €13 million ($14.7 million).
The study is the latest in a ****** of research efforts launched across the globe in recent months to put the policy to the test in a real-world setting. * Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/06/02/ubi-test-barcelona/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Barcelona (http://mashable.com/category/barcelona/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Universal Basic Income (http://mashable.com/category/universal-basic-income/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Ubi (http://mashable.com/category/ubi/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Business (http://mashable.com/business/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/hCxcnG-djII
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More Europeans are about to get some free money in the name of eco**mics research.
The European Union is funding a new universal basic income (http://mashable.com/2017/01/05/universal-basic-income-2017-year-ahead/#nWZs4R0ofDqp?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) experiment in Barcelona alongside similar tests in Helsinki and the Dutch city of Ultrecht.
SEE ALSO: Could 2017 be the year people take universal basic income seriously? (http://mashable.com/2017/01/05/universal-basic-income-2017-year-ahead/)
Around 1,000 low-income households in one of the city's poorest districts will be randomly selected to receive monthly payments of between €400 ($450) and €525 ($590) for two years. All told, the three programs will cost the EU €13 million ($14.7 million).
The study is the latest in a ****** of research efforts launched across the globe in recent months to put the policy to the test in a real-world setting. * Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/06/02/ubi-test-barcelona/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Barcelona (http://mashable.com/category/barcelona/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Universal Basic Income (http://mashable.com/category/universal-basic-income/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Ubi (http://mashable.com/category/ubi/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Business (http://mashable.com/business/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/hCxcnG-djII