The Finnish Experiment - Episode Text Transcript - 99% Invisible

Around the world, there is a lot of buzz around the idea of universal basic income (also known as “unconditional basic income” or UBI). It can take different forms or vary in the details, but in essence: UBI is the idea a government would pay all citizens, employed or not, a flat monthly sum to cover

Roman Mars: This is 99% Invisible. I’m Roman Mars. People all over the world are flirting with an idea called basic income. Speaker 2: Basic income. Speaker 3: Basic income. Speaker 4: Basic income for all. Speaker 5: The idea behind the basic income is that … Speaker 6: Each citizen receives a payment every month … Speaker 7: As a right without conditions and paid individually. Trufelman: Basic income also known as Universal Basic Income or Unconditional Basic Income or UBI. Roman Mars: That’s producer Avery Trufelman. Trufelman: Very, very roughly defined, universal b

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