The initial program will run for a period of two years. Participants were randomly selected, but had to be receiving unemployment benefits or an income subsidy. The money they are paid through the program will not be taxed.
If the program is successful, it could be expanded to include all adult Finns.
The Finnish government thinks the initiative could save money in the long run. The country’s welfare system is complex and expensive to run, and simplifying it could reduce costly bureaucracy.
Wednesday, January 4th, 2017
Sara Miller Llana, - The Christian Science Monitor
Stephan: Here is more good news, about one of the metatrends that are now shaping society. Societies are going to become defined by how they treat elders, who are a growing population. Just as there was a baby boom (1946-1964), so there is now a death boom. And people are having fewer children later in life. Older people become a large part of the population.
In some cultures, in some cities, choices oriented towards wellbeing are already being made about seniors. Once again, we can see the Theorem of Wellbeing playing out, and being confirmed. This is happening because of group intention, and focused action by Seniors and others. It is an example of the 8 laws and the Quotidian Choice in action, and working.
Seniors in Greece Credit: Melanie Stetson Freeman/TCSM
MANCHESTER, ENGLAND — A new graffiti crew, clutching canisters of green spray paint, is roaming the streets of Levenshulme, but they are not tagging walls. Instead, the “graffiti grannies” – a group of activist pensioners – in this postindustrial suburb of Manchester, England, mark every hole in the sidewalk that could trip them up, challenging the city council to bring in the pavers. As players in a growing “age-friendly” movement, they are part of a revolution in the ways that cities are adapting to their rapidly aging populations.
Across the English Channel in the Netherlands, Harry TerBraak isn’t about to conform to any age stereotypes. He is 90, a resident of a small-town nursing home that also houses students seeking a rent-free room, and he doesn’t blink at being greeted as “dude” with a fist bump by his younger housemates. In an intergenerational experiment gaining traction across the West, old and young are learning from each other, re-creating a way of life that was once the natural order.
And in South Africa, Novusumzi Masala is simply focusing on the job in […]
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Finland has started a radical experiment: It’s giving 2,000 citizens a guaranteed income, with funds that keep flowing whether participants work or not.
