'My language teacher in Germany, who was a PhD student in political science, showed our class a video about something called Grundeinkommen or, among its several other names in English, Universal Income. The video explained what this was : a wage paid unconditionally to every citizen. No means test, no work, no requirements of any kind. It went on briefly to discuss different economic models ant the theory's appeal to both the left and the right side of politics, than followed three everyday Gemans participating in a simple trial.' (Introduction)