A German experiment has found that people are likely to continue working full-time even if they receive no-strings-attached universal basic income payments.

Archived version: https://archive.is/20250412140637/https://edition.cnn.com/2025/04/11/health/germany-universal-basic-income-study-intl-scli-wellness/index.html


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  • grue@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Some people have a beef against the idea of any sort of welfare net because it might be abused.

    Yeah, if by “abused” you mean working-class people getting “uppity” because they actually manage to get ahead for once.