Man In Germany Giving Away Free Money To See How It Impacts Lives

  • 8 years ago
A German experiment called ‘My Basic Income,’ is awarding random people with a year’s worth of $1,100 monthly obligation-free payments to see how it changes their lives.

If someone one gave you a chunk of free money every month, what would you do with it? Start a business? Go back to school? Watch more Netflix?
An experiment in Germany is in the process of finding out how people actually react to such a windfall. 
Called ‘My Basic Income,’ the crowdsourcing initiative awards random people with a year’s worth of $1,100 monthly obligation-free payments. 
According to founder Michael Bohmeyer, the increased cash flow has resulted in many positive l