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Re:A New Approach to Aid: How a Basic Income Program Saved a... by ph0rque on Saturday November 22, 2014 @08:13PM (#8647403)
Just noticed that this was written in 2009. Any updates on the experiment in the five years since then?
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Re:A New Approach to Aid: How a Basic Income Program Saved a... by guantes on Saturday November 22, 2014 @08:29PM (#8647449)
It sounds like they ran out of money for a while and stopped the grant: http://www.economist.com.na/general-news/699-big-resources-d...

They then got some additional funds and started it up again: http://allafrica.com/stories/201407170971.html

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Re:A New Approach to Aid: How a Basic Income Program Saved a... by dobbsbob on Saturday November 22, 2014 @08:24PM (#8647430)
They are still doing it http://allafrica.com/stories/201407170971.html
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