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Spain’s government has started what might just be remembered as the world’s biggest economics experiment. On 15 June, spurred by the coronavirus crisis and its economic fallout, it launched a website offering monthly payments of up to €1,015 (US$1,145) to the nation’s poorest families.

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Nature 583, 502-503 (2020)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-01993-3

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