Basic income in Finland did not lead to finding work, researchers said

Re:Basic income in Finland did not lead to finding work, res... by dragonwriter on Friday February 08, 2019 @01:47PM (#19117383)

It's neither (at least, exclusively) a jobs program nor a jobs replacement program, but it has elements of both; it makes more work available (when replacing minimum wages as a floor-setting system), improves capacity for labor market realignment via retraining, and better addresses the needs of those who, even with that, cannot find adequate work.

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Re:Basic income in Finland did not lead to finding work, res... by ThomPete on Friday February 08, 2019 @02:06PM (#19117590)

I think that's the wrong premise.

UBI is based on the assumption there will be no jobs because no one can deliver better value than technology rather than just a small job market. We already have the other Conditional Basic Income which is probably optimal as long as there is a solid jobmarket.

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Re:Basic income in Finland did not lead to finding work, res... by dragonwriter on Friday February 08, 2019 @02:08PM (#19117615)

> UBI is based on the assumption there will be no jobs

No, it is not. UBI, under a variety of names, is an idea much older than, and not at all dependent on, the idea of a situation where there are no jobs.

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