Bregmans book, both challenging and bracing, demonstrates that new utopian ideas, like the elimination of poverty and the creation of the fifteen-hour workweek, can be a reality in our lifetime. Every progressive milestone of civilization - from the end of slavery to the beginning of democracy - was once considered a utopian fantasy. From a Canadian city that once completely eradicated poverty, to Richard Nixons near implementation of a basic income for millions of Americans, Bregman takes us on a journey through history, and beyond the traditional left-right divides, as he champions ideas whose time have come. Utopia for Realists is one of those rare books that takes you by surprise and challenges what you think can happen. Its just one of the many utopian ideas that Bregman proves is possible today. A quarter of a million views later, the subject of that video is being seriously considered by leading economists and government leaders the world over. Rutger Bregmans TED Talk about universal basic income seemed impossibly radical when he delivered it in 2014. Rutger Bregman, a Dutch historian, reminds us it neednt be this way - and in some places it isnt. New York Times After working all day at jobs we often dislike, we buy things we dont need.

A more politically radical Malcolm Gladwell. Does it sound too good to be true? One of Europes leading young thinkers shows how we can build an ideal world today. About the Book Originally published by Little, Brown and Company, March 2017-Title page verso.

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