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Trust, capabilities, confidence and basic income 信任、能力、信心和基本收入

Experimenting with Unconditional Basic Income Pub Date : 2021-08-06 DOI: 10.4337/9781839104855.00018

O. Kangas, Minna Ylikännö, Mikko S. Niemelä

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The feasibility of universal basic income 全民基本收入的可行性

Experimenting with Unconditional Basic Income Pub Date : 2021-08-06 DOI: 10.4337/9781839104855.00022

O. Kangas

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Financial well-being in basic income experiment 基本收入实验中的财务福利

Experimenting with Unconditional Basic Income Pub Date : 2021-08-06 DOI: 10.4337/9781839104855.00016

M. Lassander, Signe Jauhiainen

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Introduction to the journey of the Finnish basic income experiment 芬兰基本收入实验之旅简介

Experimenting with Unconditional Basic Income Pub Date : 2021-08-06 DOI: 10.4337/9781839104855.00009

O. Kangas, Signe Jauhiainen, Miska Simanainen, Minna Ylikännö

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