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Finland Basic Income Experiment Results Unveiled

Providing a basic income to unemployed Finns did not help them find work, research finds.

Providing a basic income to unemployed Finns did not help them find work, research finds. Minna Ylikanno is one of the team who led the ongoing trial for the Finnish social insurance agency, and explains her organisation's findings. Also in the programme, trucks laden with food and medicine are waiting at the Venezuelan border. The aid convoy is much needed to tackle a growing humanitarian crisis. But the trucks are being held up by the political crisis in the country. Dany Bahar is an economist at the Brookings Institution in Washington, and outlines the country’s economic troubles. We also find out why protesters are concerned about the Somalian government's attempts to develop the country's oil reserves. Our reporter follows a tomato from Spain to the UK to find out how Brexit might affect the availability of fresh produce after the UK leaves the European Union. Plus we look back at the rest of the week's big business stories, with Eshe Nelson, reporter for Quartz in London, and in New York, Sujeet Indap, US editor of the Financial Times Lex column. And we'll get the view from Wall Street from Chris Low of FTN Financial.

(Picture: Helsinki. Picture credit: Getty Images.)

27 minutes

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  • Fri 8 Feb 201922:32GMT