|AREA||9,984,670 sq km|
|GDP||1,363,130 milion € (2013)|
|MEDIAN AGE||41 years|
The idea is as simple as it is controversial: an Unconditional Basic Income (UBI), enough money to cover a person’s basic needs, would be paid out each month by the State regardless of whether or not a citizen engages in wage labour. Various conceptions and models have been more or less widely circulated and discussed since the 1960s. But wherever large-scale implementation has been proposed, UBI has always been dismissed as a starry-eyed social utopia.
Christian Lichtenberg • Thursday, 12 January 2017 14:36