Finland's experiment for the unemployed
13 Juli 2017
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Finland's experiment for the unemployed
For many people, unemployment is a sad tune. In an often vicious cycle, low skilled jobs don't pay enough to make it worth getting off the dole, which then makes it hard to gain experience to land a decent job. Since January, two thousand unemployed Finnish people were given the chance to change that. For two years, they're paid 560 euros, or 640 US dollars, a month - regardless of whether they find work or choose not to seek jobs at all. Finland's experiment is arousing global interest in a universal basic income.
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Words and phrases and definitions:
vicious cycle: lingkaran setan atau ketika satu masalah menyebabkan masalah lainnya
vices: kebiasaan buruk
welfare: kesejahteraan
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