Universal Basic Income Is Our Best Weapon Against The Rising Far Right

LONDON ― A groundbreaking pilot projectlaunched this week in Finland. The government is going to give a randomly selected group of 2,000 unemployed citizens a monthly income of $587 with no strings attached and no need to report how they spend it. The project aims to test the feasibility of a program ― called basic income ― that’s worked in earlier pilot projects elsewhere in the world. Basic income― also known as universal basic income and basic minimum income ―is a modest amount pa...