The Marshall Islands turns America's nuclear windfall into a universal basic income
A tiny Pacific country rolls out universal basic income
After the US conducted 67 nuclear tests across the Marshall Islands over 12 years, the resulting compensation reshaped the atolls' relationship with Washington. Now the tiny Pacific nation is using that American windfall to pay every citizen a universal basic income, making it one of the few countries to put the idea into nationwide practice.
The resulting radiation did lasting damage to the health of the Marshallese, but it also shaped the islands' relationship with America.