Utopia for Realists

Author(s): Rutger Bregman

Politics

We live in a time of unprecedented upheaval, when technology and so-called progress have made us richer but more uncertain than ever before. We have questions about the future, society, work, happiness, family and money, and yet no political party is providing us with the answers.


We need a new movement. One defined by a political outsider, the voice of a generation, one who doesn't harness rage or agitate grievances but who instead provides us with the clear and convincing answers for which we've been looking. Rutger Bregman is that voice.


From a fifteen-hour week to a universal basic income, from open borders to getting rid of the fallacy that a higher salary is automatically a reflection of societal value, Bregman looks at the evidence for and against throughout history and up to the present day - and argues 'Why not'?


Utopia for Realists is an idea whose time has come. A visionary manifesto for a disillusioned age, a manifesto to spark debate and inspiration - a manifesto to change the world.


Product Information

Rutger Bregman has published four books on history, philosophy and economics. He won the Belgian Liberales prize for best non-fiction book in 2013 and has twice been nominated for the prestigious European Press Prize for his journalism work. His work has been featured in the Washington Post, the Guardian and on the BBC. In 2016 he gave a TEDx talk and in April 2017 he gave a TED talk on the benefits of universal basic income.

General Fields

  • : 9781408893210
  • : Bloomsbury
  • : Bloomsbury Pb
  • : March 2018
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Rutger Bregman
  • : Paperback