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Re:Why Should We Support the Idea of an Unconditional Basic ... by Simp on Thursday May 28, 2015 @03:30AM (#9616554)
>(such as Finland, Norway, Sweden etc.)

Norway has an unemployment rate of 3.9%... that's lower than the US (much lower if you use U6 as a metric) or UK. In fact, it's one of the lowest in the world.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_unemployme...

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Re:Why Should We Support the Idea of an Unconditional Basic ... by hurin on Thursday May 28, 2015 @03:32AM (#9616564)
Yes, it appears I was wrong lumping Norway into there, http://stats.oecd.org/index.aspx?queryid=36499.
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