2024-12-22T08:09:30-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/130500481/utrecht-to-experiment-with-universal-unconditional-basic-income Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2015-06-26T18:22:00-04:00 >2015-06-27T01:16:13-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/08/0875c4b5c76fd5bb44bca45fdd5dfa5a?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>"What happens if someone gets a monthly amount without rules and controls?</p></em><br /><br /><p>Imagine if everyone was given a living wage, without any regulatory or qualifying hoops to jump through? The Dutch city of Utrecht, in a partnership with University College Utrecht, is running such a dramatic social experiment, starting at the end of the summer, offering an "unconditional form of payment to individuals, which covers their living costs". To start, the experiment will only provide the so-called "basic income" to those already receiving welfare, using a group of citizens receiving the normal welfare benefits as the control group.</p><p>Other news from The Netherlands:</p><p><a title="Dutch court mandates reduction of greenhouse gas emissions" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/130329271/dutch-court-mandates-reduction-of-greenhouse-gas-emissions" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dutch court mandates reduction of greenhouse gas emissions</a></p><p><a title="How to Think Like the Dutch in a Post-Sandy World" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/97821088/how-to-think-like-the-dutch-in-a-post-sandy-world" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">How to Think Like the Dutch in a Post-Sandy World</a></p>