Utopia for Realists - And How We Can Get There

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE VIRAL SENSATION TAKING ON THE BILLIONAIRES 'Listen out for Rutger Bregman. He has a big future shaping the future' Observer 'A more politically radical Malcolm Gladwell' New York Times 'The Dutch wunderkind of new ideas' Guardian In Utopia for Realists , Rutger Bregman shows that we can construct a society with visionary ideas that are, in fact, wholly implementable. Every milestone of civilisation - from the end of slavery to the beginning of democracy - was once considered a utopian fantasy. New utopian ideas such as universal basic income and a fifteen-hour work week can become reality in our lifetime.From a Canadian city that once completely eradicated poverty, to Richard Nixon's near implementation of a basic income for millions of Americans, Bregman takes us on a journey through history, beyond the traditional left-right divides, as he introduces ideas whose time has come. .This book has been updated with a sticker on the front cover. We cannot guarantee that orders placed will include the sticker.

Product details

• Authors: Rutger Bregman, Bregman Rutger
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 28.02.2018
• EAN: 9781408893210
• ISBN: 978-1-4088-9321-0
• No. of pages: 316
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 197 mm x 21 mm
• Series: 181 POCHE; 181 POCHE
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Poverty & Homelessness, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic Conditions, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / Taxation, Social & political philosophy, Popular economics, social and political philosophy, General and world history