Canada's 'beautifully surprising' basic income study shows how business needs to reconsider human nature

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
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For 12 months, a select group of homeless people in Canada received a total of $7,500 in cash payments, no strings attached.
The initiative was part of the New Leaf project, a joint study into the effects of giving people in poverty a "basic income" as a means of rehabilitation.
One researcher called the results of the study "beautifully surprising," as participants could finally purchase higher-quality food and find stable housing.&nb