Aug 8, 2018
Illustration by Sam Island (samislandart.com).
Does a Guaranteed Annual Income Actually Work?
What one small town in Manitoba learned about eliminating poverty
Can you have too much of a good thing? When it comes to money, it appears that more is not necessarily better—scholars tell us that moderate wealth and vast wealth aren’t markedly different in their ability to satisfy us. But a more pressing question for many Canadians might be, how little is enough? What amount of annual income do we need to create basic health and happiness? Forty years ago, a bold social experiment in a small Prairie town may have given us the answer.
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